Every state has towns the rest of the state loves to pile on, and Washington is no exception. Some get mocked for their weather, some for a smell, some for crime, and one of them, ranked number three on this list, gets hated for a reason so ridiculous you will not believe it is real.

In this video we count down the 10 most hated towns in Washington State, pulled from worst places rankings, crime reports, and years of local jokes and internet mockery. But this is not a hit piece. For every single town, we tell you the honest truth about why it gets the hate, and then the part almost nobody mentions, the real reason people still proudly call it home. Because a hated town and a bad town are not always the same thing.

From the foggy coast of Ocean Shores, to the infamous Tacoma Aroma, to the hard luck timber port of Aberdeen, these are the towns Washington cannot stop talking about, for better and for worse.

Did we get it right, or did we get it wrong? Tell us in the comments which town you think is unfairly hated, which one earned it, and which one we missed. And let us know where in the world you are watching from tonight. We read every single one.

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CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction
2:14 Number 10: Ocean Shores
3:31 Number 9: Bremerton
4:39 Number 8: Kelso
5:54 Number 7: Forks
7:13 Number 6: Shelton
8:24 Number 5: SeaTac
9:36 Number 4: Everett
10:40 Number 3: Tacoma
12:13 Number 2: Yakima
13:27 Number 1: Aberdeen
15:04 Final Thoughts

SOURCES
Aroma of Tacoma
Museum of Glass, Tacoma
Forks, rainiest town in the US
Forks as the setting of Twiligh
Boeing Everett Factory, largest building in the world by volume
Most dangerous cities in Washington (2026)
Kurt Cobain Memorial Park, Aberdeen
Young Street Bridge, Aberdeen
Bremerton fast ferry to Seattle
Washington city populations (OFM)