dogpatch, or "the patch" is a poor part of Kansas City, Mo.
located just south of Truman road at Blue Ridge blvd. it is a trailer parkon the side of a steep hill.
A drug infested community.
Dogpatch is a fictional town in the "Lil Abner" comic strip. The town was often referred to by its inhabitants and outsiders as being the most miserable and unnecessary place on Earth.
There is a neighborhood in Los Angeles (located in the city of Paramount) that is referred to as Dogpatch, probably because it is very poor and gang infested.