CHRIS PUGH: Travel site calls Youngstown ‘the ugliest in Ohio.’ We need to respond

Do you ever feel sometimes like it’s Youngstown vs. the world?

The travel site travel.alot.com recently cited Youngstown as the ugliest city in Ohio.

Here’s what they had to say:

There are lots of cities in the Rust Belt that have started to decline over the years. As businesses and people move away, a city slowly dies a becomes a shell of its former self. Unfortunately, that’s what happened to Youngstown, Ohio, and some people have started to notice just how far it’s fallen.

‘Youngstown, Ohio. Pure depression.’ That might be pretty harsh, but we’re sure that there are lots of people who would agree with this Reddit user’s comment. While the city is trying to come back, it still clearly has a long way to go before it’s looking its best again.

There are no specifics about the metrics the site used to make its list.

Send us an email about great things in Youngstown, we’ll publish it here and send the link to travel.alot.com.

Let’s proactively respond to show great things and beautiful things happening here.

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Chris Pugh is the editor of Mahoning Matters.