[VOA]

St. Louis is an armpit...

Promoters of St. Louis always "forget" to mention East St. Louis, IL.
And that that not-that-nice people in East St. Louis can drive
over a bridge to St. Louis.

[rockprof]

My wife and I accientally drove through East St. Louis once. The middle of a weekday and the stoops were populated by young black men drinking and glaring at us. Scary place.