America's most miserable cities
 

This year's metros of misery: Full article from Forbes here

1. Cleveland, Ohio.
2. Stockton, Calif.
3. Memphis, Tenn.
4. Detroit, Mich.
5. Flint, Mich.
6. Miami, Fla.
7. St. Louis, Mo.
8. Buffalo, N.Y.
9. Canton, Ohio.
10. Chicago, Ill.
11. Modesto, Calif.
12. Akron, Ohio.
13. Kansas City, Mo.
14. Rockford, Ill.
15. Toledo, Ohio.
16. New York, N.Y.
17. Sacramento, Calif.
18. Youngstown, Ohio.
19. Gary, Ind.
20. Philadelphia, Pa.

Crap... I would think Baltimore would be on there....


AL :munchin

St Louis is on the miserable list because of. . . . the . . . Rams? That is ridiculous!
This is a Baseball town! With Albert and the boys, this place is better then the Magic Kingdom.

Must really suck to be from Chicago -- Bears, Cubbies and Bulls

I'm pretty much miserable whenever I'm in any city. ;)

Is there something about living near the great lakes that makes it especially crappy? 25% of the towns on that list are near a great lake.

One winter and you'll understand. :D

Concur, Bob. Closest "city" to me has a pop of 2,200, and that's just way too many folks in one place.

Washington DC should have been on the list. What a toilet bowl.

Criteria include violent crime, unemployment, foreclosures and abandoned housing, taxes, commute times, weather, superfund pollution sites, and sports teams (when applicable).

I like it pretty well here in North Texas. :D

And so it goes...

Richard's $.02 :munchin

Dozer,I know your trying to suck me in on this one but I'm not going to bite!.........:p:p:p

Big Teddy :munchin

I'm tryin'
BTW when was the last World Championship for the cubbies? Oh yeah when a road trip really was a 'road trip' Cuz airplanes hadn't been invented.:p:p:p

seriously, it's Spring Trainning time. Baseball is back and life is good!!!

Yeah and Fayetteville. :rolleyes:

Yes it is Spring training in Florida.:munchin

Feels GREAT to be #1