Barstow, Southern California, U.S.
It's small, poor, and crappy, but we'll probably be here for a couple more years before we can move. Luckily we live in one of the better neighborhoods. I just wish the city 'counsel' would let more big businesses in, to create more jobs and pump some money into this economy. But they wont. They want to keep it a small town by refusing big business to come in and set up, but seem to be blind to the fact that everything looks like crap and half of the businesses on the main street are closed/closing. This place really isn't as awesome as they like to think it is.
If either the Army Base, or the railroad closed - this town would most likely collapse.