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Old May 23rd, 2012, 01:58 AM   #121
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"Yay," we didn't make the list! (:
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Old December 11th, 2012, 06:41 AM   #122
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I find it very interesting that in the 3-4 years, I have visited a total of 10 different US cities and 7 of those cities have made the list of Forbes' most miserable cities. Them being:

Detroit*, Buffalo*, Toledo*, Cleveland, New York*, Chicago, and Philadelphia, and yet in all of those cities, my experiences and times were ranked quite good to awesome! I question the accuracy and integrity of Forbes, and sometimes I think they're out to make some places look bad.

* - city visited more than once.
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Old December 11th, 2012, 08:38 PM   #123
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The Forbes list seems based on the misery of the people living in a particular city. That means if your own circumstances are better than most who live there, the place itself can still be quite pleasant. It's like being the patron in a banana republic . . .or like slumming.
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Old December 11th, 2012, 10:10 PM   #124
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Actually it's not based on the misery of the people, it's based on the perceived misery of the author. The author thinks that having fewer sunny days means that someone will be miserable. That's not necessarily true.
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Old December 11th, 2012, 10:16 PM   #125
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Woot! Indy didn't make the list! We should celebrate with a tourism campaign: "Visit Indianapolis, we're not very miserable!"

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Gotta Love Forbes Rankings. Now for the top 10 Most Miserable Cities in the United States-

#1- Stockton, California
#2- Memphis, Tennessee
#3- Chicago, Illinois
#4- Cleveland, Ohio
#5- Modesto, California
#6- Flint, Michigan
#7- Detroit, Michigan
#8- Buffalo, New York
#9- Miami, Florida
#10- St. Louis, Missouri

Memphis really surprised me...they seemed to have based their ranking totally on the fact of high taxes.

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http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/06/mos...hisSpeed=30000
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Old December 12th, 2012, 06:27 PM   #126
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NYC, Chicago??? someone is certainly out of their mind, NYC exists out of the Bronx and Staten island
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Old December 13th, 2012, 01:52 AM   #127
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From Forbes Magazine? Give me a break!
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Old December 17th, 2012, 11:53 PM   #128
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Honestly, I'd have to say Flint, Michigan takes the top spot. It has both Incredible unemployment and high crime rates. In the 80's they had 23 General motors factories which supplied almost all of the city's jobs, now they have 3 factories. with GM employment down to 8,000 persons down from close to 90,000 in the 80's. They even had a news truck get stolen when it was reporting on crime in Flint, On NATIONAL Television.
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Old December 18th, 2012, 12:03 AM   #129
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Flint's unemployment rate was 8.1% in October. Compared to many other cities, that's not that bad.
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