jerkwaters
Remote, unimportant places
Jerkwaters are insignificant, small, or backward towns—places too minor to matter.
The word comes from early railroad slang: trains stopping at small towns without water towers had to "jerk" water from streams or tanks by hand.
A jerkwater town was barely worth the stop.
He's played every jerkwater between here and Memphis.
Stagnant side channel
- boondocksRemote rural areas
- backwoodsRemote, undeveloped rural area
- hinterlandRemote area beyond settlements
- outpostRemote military station
hamlet · whistle-stop · one-horse · podunk · provincial · rural · countryside · frontier
Of little significance
- minor-leagueBelow professional level
- rinky-dinkInferior and amateurish
- two-bitPetty and inferior
- bush-leagueInferior, lacking polish
obscure · forgettable · unimportant · trivial · inconsequential · negligible · nowhere · forgotten
backwater
Stagnant side channel
- boondocksRemote rural areas
- backwoodsRemote, undeveloped rural area
- hinterlandRemote area beyond settlements
outpost · hamlet · whistle-stop · one-horse · podunk · provincial · rural · countryside · frontier · far-flung
small-time
Of little significance
- minor-leagueBelow professional level
- rinky-dinkInferior and amateurish
- two-bitPetty and inferior
bush-league · obscure · forgettable · unimportant · trivial · inconsequential · negligible · nowhere · forgotten · overlooked
run-down
Deteriorated from neglect
- dilapidatedRuined through neglect
- neglectedNot given proper attention
- decrepitWorn by age
shabby · decaying · blighted · derelict · forsaken · abandoned · dying · fading · depressed · impoverished
jerkwatersmetropolises
Large, densely populated cities
megalopolises · urban centers · capitals · commercial centers · population centers