Viral Facebook page Sh*t Towns of Australia launched a nationwide competition earlier this year to find the most sh*t town across the country.

Named the Sh*t Town Showdown 2019, the competition included Bathurst, Dubbo and Orange, while Lithgow merely received a passing mention on the page last month.

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The Facebook page has a huge following of 147,000 people and it hosts heated debates among fans of the qualities, and lack of, for some regional towns.

The page's tongue-in-cheek review of Lithgow was far from complimentary and it attracted 2300 comments and more than 680 shares.

Australian Community Media then launched its own poll to see, out of the four Central West towns to receive a review on the page, which one readers thought was the most sh*t.

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Of the 923 people who voted, 47.5 per cent (438 votes) selected Lithgow as the most sh*t.

Coming in next was Dubbo with 25.8 per cent (238 votes), followed by Orange at 14.7 per cent (136 votes) and Bathurst at 5.5 per cent (51 votes).

A further 60 voters (6.5 per cent) selected a different town in Australia.

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