Voting Station

Newark, New Jersey

Please vote to return to collections.

Location

The Resume

    (October 31, 1693- )
    Largest city in New Jersey
    Population (2008): 279,980
    Part of the New York metropolitan area

Why Newark, New Jersey might be annoying:

    It was the site of race riots that killed 26 people, caused over $10 million in property damage and in which over a thousand businesses were torched or looted (July 13, 1967).
    A Harper's Magazine survey of the 50 largest cities (1975) concluded 'The city of Newark stands without serious challenge as the worst city of all. It ranked among the worst cities in no fewer than nineteen of twenty-four categories, and it was dead last in nine of them.'
    Time magazine ranked it the most dangerous city in America (1996).
    Three of its last four mayors are also convicted criminals: Hugh Addonzio (convicted of extortion and conspiracy for taking kickbacks from contractors), Kenneth Gibson (federal tax evasion) and Sharpe James (fraud for selling city lands at below-market prices to his mistress).

Why Newark, New Jersey might not be annoying:

    It was the site of the first successful plastics factory.
    Its port and airport are among the busiest in the nation.
    It has led the nation in violent crime reduction (2006-08).
    Its Prudential Center became home to the New Jersey Devils (2007) and Nets (2010).

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 40 Votes: 7.50% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 10 Votes: 30.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 68 Votes: 79.41% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 16 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 79 Votes: 67.09% Annoying