See here also for the MOST miserable cities in America:
http://www.businessinsider.com/most-miserable-cities-america-2011-12#20-toledo-ohio-1
Seems to be a common thread in those ‘miserable’ cities...
“the MOST miserable cities”
Wow! Cleveland didn’t make that list? Great pic for Detroitistan!
I followed their links to the MOST Miserable countries.
It is hard to take seriously any “reporter” who compiles a list of Most Miserable Countries and omits:
Zimbabwe
Somalia
Chad
Central African Republic
Syria
Iraq
Iran
Any of the various Congos.
“The Second Congo War, beginning in 1998, devastated the country and is sometimes referred to as the “African world war” because it involved nine African nations and some twenty armed groups.[4] Despite the signing of peace accords in 2003, fighting continues in the east of the country. In eastern Congo, the prevalence of rape and other sexual violence is described as the worst in the world.[5] The war is the world’s deadliest conflict since World War II, killing 5.4 million people since 1998.[6][7] The vast majority died from malaria, diarrhea, pneumonia and malnutrition.[8]”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo
What struck me is how many of those 20 were in California and Florida, if you look at loss of home value. That has to trap a lot of people that would like to get out.