Time to rename the City of East St. Louis

[Polishprince]

The town was named after a notorious anti-Semite, as well as an Islamophobe (which should fire up libs)

Yet his name still graces the tremendous City of Champions.

I'm not alone on this, but I am one of the first to suggest naming the tremendous city after a great man that was born not far away from the shores of the Mississippi River.

How about East Saint Limbaugh as a new name ?

In St. Louis, statue of anti-Semitic namesake - The Jewish Star

On top of a hill in front of an art museum in the biggest park in St. Louis stands a statue of an anti-Semite. It’s a monument to the city’s namesake, the medieval French king Louis IX, …

www.thejewishstar.com

 

[Lockback]

The town was named after a notorious anti-Semite, as well as an Islamophobe (which should fire up libs)

Yet his name still graces the tremendous City of Champions.

I'm not alone on this, but I am one of the first to suggest naming the tremendous city after a great man that was born not far away from the shores of the Mississippi River.

How about East Saint Limbaugh as a new name ?

In St. Louis, statue of anti-Semitic namesake - The Jewish Star

On top of a hill in front of an art museum in the biggest park in St. Louis stands a statue of an anti-Semite. It’s a monument to the city’s namesake, the medieval French king Louis IX, …

www.thejewishstar.com

Oh, I'm IN on that.

 

[lg325]

Did they ever fix that place up? I went through their on a Trail Ways bus in 1981 and it looked like bombed out European cities at the end of WW2. Just skeletons of buildings some just one tall wall standing.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Hasn't East St Louis, at times been #1 in murder-rate?

 

[Polishprince]

Hasn't East St Louis, at times been #1 in murder-rate?

I don't know about that, but I'll concede that it has had a high homicide rate in the past, but it also has its points of positivity including a very reasonably priced housing market.

This house is 22k in ESL, but in a hell hole like San Fran it would be plenty more. Further, East St. Louis is well known for ample free parking, unlike places like NYC or Washington DC

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1919-Ohio-Ave_East-Saint-Louis_IL_62205_M76091-31676