Port Pirie mayor hits back at viral 'sh*t town' ranking

The mayor of what's just been dubbed one of the nation's "sh*ttest towns" isn't taking the ranking lying down.

The mayor of what's just been dubbed the "s**test town of South Australia" has hit back at the popular Facebook page that publishes the rankings.

The "Sh*t Towns of Australia" Facebook page today published the results of its South Australia poll.

Port Pirie, three hours north of Adelaide, ranked first, with 38 per cent of the vote.

Speaking to the ABC, Port Pirie Mayor Leon Stephens said the joke was getting old.

"I might be showing my age or whatever but I think this is getting pretty tired," he said.

"It's a bit like a dad joke that's continually going on and I think that it's time that we changed it up a little bit."

Mr Stephens also had his own dig at one of the founders of "Sh*t Towns of Australia", Geoff Rissole, and said the town's top ranking was "probably about as impressive as a name called Geoff Rissole".

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