Boondocks
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The term boondocks refers to a remote, usually brushy rural area;[1] or to a remote city or town that is considered unsophisticated.[2] The expression was introduced to English by American military personnel serving in the Philippines during the early years of the 20th century.[3][4] It derives from the Tagalog word "bundok", meaning "mountain".[5] According to military historian Paul Kramer, the term had attached to it "connotations of bewilderment and confusion", due to the guerrilla nature of the warfare in which the soldiers were engaged [4].

The term has evolved into American slang used to refer to the countryside or any implicitly isolated rural/wilderness area, regardless of topography or vegetation. Similar slang or colloquial words are "the sticks", "the backblocks" in Australia & New Zealand, "bundu" in South Africa, and "out in the tules" in California. The diminutive "the boonies" can be heard in films about the Vietnam War such as Brian De Palma's Casualties of War. It is used by American military personnel to designate rural areas of Vietnam.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boondocks

or...the other end of the world / beyond the end of the world

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bumfuck Egypt

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=bum fuck egyp...

Out in the sticks - Idiom Definition - UsingEnglish.com
Dec 18, 2009 ... Definition of 'Out in the sticks' from our dictionary of English idioms and idiomatic expressions.
www.usingenglish.com › Reference › Idioms

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Note added at 23 mins (2010-01-28 15:28:26 GMT)
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Correct link

http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/out in the stic...

A suggestion.

A possibility, or "back of beyond"

http://www.wordnik.com/words/Nowheresville/examples

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-01-28 16:40:22 GMT)
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I'd like to add another suggestion, since most of them seem to really suggest places out in the rural beyond.

I think the word "God-forsaken" might be useful as you could say "some God-foresaken part of the city".

http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/backwoods

just another suggestion