Toughest U.S. Cities To Live In

Bell Gardens, California

Bell Gardens has 42.3k residents with 30% living under the poverty line. In 1991, a city official claimed that all of the crime, poverty, and illness were due to the fact that they had too many people. The city has always depended on one casino for much of its tax revenue. In 2002, the casino provided Bell Gardens more than half. 

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