According to a Report by the U

According to a report by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, East St. Louis, Illinois, can be described as

A) the most distressed small city in America.
B) situationally beautiful, with scenic vistas overlooking the Mississippi River, but haunted by chronic drug problems.
C) a dilapidated city whose future is looking up.
D) a growing suburb of its larger city to the west, St. Louis, with all of the problems inherent in a rapidly expanding city.