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The Business Insider list looked into population change, the percentage of people with jobs, median household incomes, median commute times, the number of people living in poverty, and the percentage of people without health insurance.

Overall, Gary, Indiana ranked first, followed by Port Arthur, Texas and Detroit, Michigan.

California’s most miserable city is Huntington Park (10). Other cities in the top 50:

• Bell Gardens (14)
• Lynwood (21)
• El Monte (22)
• Palmdale (36)
• Montebello (40)
• Compton (41)
• San Bernardino (42)
• Lancaster (50)

The full list ranks the top 1,000 cities based on Census data (note the list starts at line three; therefore the numbers on the left are off by two).

Local cities:

• Yuba City (159)
• Stockton (230)
• Modesto (324)
• Ceres (398)
• Citrus Heights (404)
• Lodi (445)
• Davis (454)
• Turlock (468)
• Tracy (472)
• Sacramento (497)
• Woodland (578)
• Lincoln (603)
• Vacaville (605)
• West Sacramento (623)
• Fairfield (640)
• Rancho Cordova (742)
• Manteca (780)
• Elk Grove (785)
• Folsom (852)
• Roseville (872)
• Rocklin (910)

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CRITERIA TO BE A MISERABLE CITY:

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/la-cities-on-list-americas-most-miserable-562358601.html

Business Insider said it used U.S. Census data to analyze 1,000 U.S. cities on criteria such as crime, drug addiction, population changes, job opportunities, commute times, household incomes, abandoned homes and effects from problems such as natural disasters.

Cities on the list shared qualities, including few opportunities, devastation from natural disasters, high crime and addiction rates, and often many abandoned houses.

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I lived in El Monte or many years. Yep — miserable.

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Just about a year ago, I set out on the road,
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