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(Forbes) Worst Places: America's Most Miserable Cities
Forbes ^ | 1/30/08 | Kurt Badenhausen

Posted on 01/31/2008 9:39:40 AM PST by MotleyGirl70

Edited on 02/01/2008 2:28:16 PM PST by Jim Robinson. [history]

Imagine living in a city with the country's highest rate for violent crime and the second-highest unemployment rate. As an added kicker you need more Superfund dollars allocated to your city to clean up contaminated toxic waste sites than just about any other metro.


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bluezones; charlotte; chicago; cities; detroit; filthydelphia; flint; losangeles; miserablecities; modesto; newyork; providence; stockton; topten; urban
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Rank: City (Misery Score)


No. 1: Detroit, Mich. (696)
No. 2: Stockton, Calif. (689)
No. 3: Flint, Mich. (675)
No. 4: New York, N.Y. (668)
No. 5: Philadelphia, Pa. (648)
No. 6: Chicago, Ill. (634)
No. 7: Los Angeles, Calif. (632)
No. 8: Modesto, Calif. (631)
No. 9: Charlotte, N.C. (625)
No. 10: Providence, R.I. (611)

Shame on you Eagles fans!

How miserable is Philly? The residents of the City of Brotherly Love once booed Santa Claus and pelted him with snowballs at an Eagles game. Maybe it's the long commutes, violent crime and plethora of toxic waste sites that has people grumpy.

1 posted on 01/31/2008 9:39:42 AM PST by MotleyGirl70
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To: MotleyGirl70

Philly is a tough town, even for Santa.


2 posted on 01/31/2008 9:40:42 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (Truth : Liberals :: Kryptonite : Superman)
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To: MotleyGirl70

“How miserable is Philly? The residents of the City of Brotherly Love once booed Santa Claus and pelted him with snowballs at an Eagles game.”

As a native of Philly, I can tell you that wasn’t caused by misery rather by idiocy. ;)


3 posted on 01/31/2008 9:41:09 AM PST by Slapshot68
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To: MotleyGirl70

LOL, before I read past the title I knew that Detroit would be in the top ranks.


4 posted on 01/31/2008 9:41:13 AM PST by mrsmel
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To: MotleyGirl70

God Bless Texas!!

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5 posted on 01/31/2008 9:41:37 AM PST by SnakeDoctor
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To: MotleyGirl70

“Unfortunately, this nightmare is a reality for the residents of Detroit. The Motor City grabs the top spot on Forbes’ inaugural list of America’s Most Miserable Cities.”

So much for the liberal urban utopia experiment.


6 posted on 01/31/2008 9:41:47 AM PST by Slapshot68
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To: MotleyGirl70

I’m surprised with Modesto, CA... isn’t that where Chandra Levy and Laci Peterson lived?


7 posted on 01/31/2008 9:42:17 AM PST by SilvieWaldorfMD (Hard lesson learned in the 1980's: "Never perm and dye your hair at the same time")
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To: Red in Blue PA

I’m wondering if Santa wasn’t provocative. Did he come out in rainbow attire to celebrate Gay Pride Day or something?


8 posted on 01/31/2008 9:42:33 AM PST by dangus
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To: MotleyGirl70
I’m frankly pleasantly surprised that Cleveland isn’t in the top ten!
9 posted on 01/31/2008 9:43:27 AM PST by Jagman (Lapdogs rule!)
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To: dangus

>No. 4: New York<

Uh, oh: Forbes v. Bloomberg!


10 posted on 01/31/2008 9:43:34 AM PST by dangus
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To: MotleyGirl70

I was surprised about Charlotte, NC.


11 posted on 01/31/2008 9:43:59 AM PST by Dante3
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To: MotleyGirl70

Charlotte?

Not Boston? Not Miami? Not New Orleans?


12 posted on 01/31/2008 9:44:02 AM PST by ryan71
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To: MotleyGirl70

Charlotte, NC - I knew it would be here before reading the story.


13 posted on 01/31/2008 9:44:35 AM PST by Niteranger68 (Either order from the menu or go open your own restaurant.)
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To: Slapshot68
Are any of those cities not dominated by liberal/left policies? And it's funny that California, the spiritual home of econazis, is noted for its bad quality of air.
14 posted on 01/31/2008 9:45:21 AM PST by mrsmel
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To: Slapshot68

How many years ago was that? I wasn’t alive back then. It kind of irritates me that some stupid incident keeps getting brought up for over 20 years.


15 posted on 01/31/2008 9:45:50 AM PST by Shadow44
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To: MotleyGirl70
This is a joke. Flint and Philly are crime-ridden cesspools losing population, while New York has a record-low crime rate and is gaining people.

How does NYC end up between the other two?

16 posted on 01/31/2008 9:46:07 AM PST by NativeNewYorker (Freepin' Jew Boy)
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To: MotleyGirl70

Has New Orleans been granted a recovery exemption or something?


17 posted on 01/31/2008 9:46:29 AM PST by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: Shadow44

Yeah it was a while ago....80s I believe.


18 posted on 01/31/2008 9:47:29 AM PST by Slapshot68
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD
Incidentally, that happy place Modesto is also known to its residents as 'Motown'!


19 posted on 01/31/2008 9:47:53 AM PST by Revolting cat! (We all need someone we can bleed on...)
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To: MotleyGirl70
In lieu of waterboarding...
20 posted on 01/31/2008 9:49:15 AM PST by Dr.Deth
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