For every New York, LA, or San Fransisco, there are 100 flyover towns that nobody has ever heard of. It is those small places that make up the backbone of what America really is, and the truth is that things aren't always so great. Whether through general poverty, pollution, old mines or a Wild West attitude, plenty of towns in the United States should probably be avoided. Here are 22 that gave people the creeps.

If you've ever seen the show Ozark, you'll know that certain parts of Missouri aren't the liveliest or safest. One such town is Mineral Springs, which has a community of people who live without electricity. "No one knows their names but they send one person into town a month for groceries," a former resident recounted. "If you're there very long at all they WILL shoot at you."

Read about Mineral Springs and 21 other towns you might want to avoid the next time you're low on gas.