America's Most Boring Towns: 13

Susannah: 29th Aug 2006 - 17:37 GMT

Scott - quite frankly, I'm worried about you. Enough is enough already - when are you coming home?

GeneralTsao: 8th Sep 2006 - 15:52 GMT

Not to dispute that Bazine may be a boring town, but just for the sake of accuracy, the high school building is not used anymore since district consolidation some years back.

Also, the empty field you noted was empty probably because it's the Junior High's field next door, and school is not in session in the summertime.

Thirdly, the "road" you show in your last pic is actually the High School parking lot. On the left of your photo is a row of stone fence posts which mark the beginning of a little wildlife sanctuary. To the right is the high school building shown in your first pic.

susannah: 8th Sep 2006 - 19:51 GMT

Not to mention - people just want to stay out of the heat. When I used to have to go to farming communities on business trips I alway thought it was strange that the local diner's hours were 5:00am to 2:00pm, in the farming areas they keep different hours than we do, just like in Europe and South America everything closes in the middle of the day for "siesta". I remember traveling through France if you hit the wrong town on the wrong day everything was closed and there was no one anywhere.

GGP: 8th Sep 2006 - 20:26 GMT

when i was a kid i complained to a friend's father about being bored. he sternly told me, "only boring people are bored." I was embarrassed; his comment changed my life and my attitude toward "boredom" was never the same. (no personal offense meant to scott, just a story that came to mind when i viewed these shots, which have their own non-boring beauty.)

susannah: 13th Sep 2006 - 14:35 GMT

GGP: If he's trying to point out beauty- he should say so. It seems to me he's just trying to portray the obvious. I'd like to put the challenge to him to take something boring and make it interesting. But he won't take it. He carries his bicycle wheel (see shadow) with him in a town that probably hasn't had a crime in 50 years.

Bethany: 12th May 2007 - 02:27 GMT

My family grew up there. I wouldn't have changed a damn thing. It was a small town but we knew everyone. We all still keep in contact with our high school and some our junior high friends. I went to school with almost all the same people from pre-school to my senior year. I couldn't have picked a better place to grow up!

greg: 3rd Jul 2007 - 03:33 GMT

your nuts I have been there a few times and love it. I'm from Canada. Also if you knew the town and the pepole you would know how wrong you are. It's a great little town.

joey: 29th Dec 2007 - 02:56 GMT

scott. there must be 100s of boring towns in america, why stop at 13? please keep adding more.

MP: 29th Mar 2008 - 14:27 GMT

I moved here from a suburb of a very large city. I love the peace, quiet and the people. The photos, while very well done, don't portray the heart of the town and the people here. It's easy to pass through an area and judge it based on intial appearances but spend some time in them and get to know (as Paul Harvey says) "the rest of the story". Personally, I'd rather have interesting and good hearted people around me than a mall, amusement park, sirens and traffic jams.