Louisiana doesn't have the worst small town in America; we have three towns tied for that honor. Just so you have a little background before we reveal which Louisiana communities are on the list, and some of the other communities from around the nation that were assigned the same ranking, let's see how we arrived at the numbers. What Communities Outside of Louisiana Made the "Worst Towns List"? Which Louisiana Communities Ranked First on the Worst Small Towns List? The Louisiana communities that ranked high on the low end of this study were Alexandria, which was actually the worst of the worst, beaten out only by Bessemer, Alabama.