The Resume

(1894- )
Part of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area
Area: 6.06 km (6.20 sq mi)
Population: 21,023 (2010)
Nickname: Community of Choice

Why Ferguson, Missouri might be annoying:

There have been complaints that its city council and police force is not representative of its population (it is 70% black and only 20% white).
They didn't elect an African-American or female mayor until 2020.
Until the 1960s, it was a sundown town where African Americans were not allowed to remain after nightfall.
It made headlines worldwide following the killing of Michael Brown by Officer Darren Wilson, provoking massive riots and prompting a Department of Justice investigation (August 2014).
Its name became shorthand for the civil unrest that follows instances of police killings of unarmed civilians.

Why Ferguson, Missouri might not be annoying:

It was founded as a station for a railroad.
It boomed during the post-World War II era.
Emerson Electric moved its headquarters there.
Michael McDonald was born there.
It inadvertently kicked off a national conversation about police reform in America.
Ella Jones became the city's first black and first female mayor (June 2, 2020).

Credit: BoyWiththeGreenHair

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• BoyWiththeGreenHair’s Profiles [Series 16]
• Charlamagne Tha God Named Me Donkey of the Day
• Cities
• Cities in Missouri
• Cities in United States
• Cornel West Doesn’t Like Me
• I am from St. Louis
• Jack Magic’s Bitch of the Day
• Look at Me, I Got My Hands Up
• Look at Me, I'm in the City
• Look at Me, I'm Protesting
• Profiles 47001-47250 (Ranked: 47014)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 100 Votes: 67.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 93.75% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 37 Votes: 72.97% Annoying