Perhaps I can wax philosophic about how bad the situation is in DuPage county - after all, I've only driven through there from time to time but according to your criteria that should be enough to level condemnation on your home.
BTW, Ferguson has absolutely nothing to do with the Rams situation. It has been on-going for several years now. The bottom line is that the franchise fields a piss-poor product and the people of St Louis have no interest in throwing our good money after bad, particularly when we have a perpetually winning franchise in the Cardinals.
Having grown up in St. Louis, I always thought the fans’ sport interests ran like this.
1. Cardinals (baseball)
2. Cardinals (baseball)
3. Blues (if they’re winning)
4. Cardinals offseason (baseball)
5. Blues (if they’re losing)
6. Mizzou basketball
7. Mizzou football
8. Trout season
9. Cardinals minor league teams (baseball)
10. EVERYTHING ELSE except #11
11. Cardinals (football)/Rams