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Old 02-07-2012, 09:05 AM
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Forbes 10 Most Miserable US Cities`12

http://realestate.msn.com/10-most-mi...ties-of-2012#2
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America's most miserable cities

We looked at 10 factors for the 200 largest metropolitan areas and divisions in the U.S. to determine America's Most Miserable Cities for 2012. Some are serious, such as violent crime, unemployment rates, foreclosures, property and income taxes, home prices and political corruption. Other factors we included are less weighty, such as commute times, weather and how the area's pro sports teams did. Although many would consider sports, commuting and weather trivial, they can be the determining factor in the level of misery for a significant number of people.
  1. Miami
  2. Detroit
  3. Flint, MI
  4. West Palm Beach, FL
  5. Sacramento
  6. Chicago
  7. Ft Lauderdale
  8. Toledo, OH
  9. Rockford, IL
  10. Warren, MI

i like lists. granted, nobody wants to be on this one (unless you're buying a house.)
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Old 02-07-2012, 10:01 AM
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We have Miami on the top of our where to go next list. To each his own.
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Old 02-07-2012, 11:23 AM
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Chicago and Miami more miserable than Toledo and Rockford?

What a crock of poo.
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Old 02-07-2012, 11:49 AM
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Aw blerg, #6? and LOL my commute time is double the "average commute" in Chicago.
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Old 02-07-2012, 06:01 PM
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Miami more miserable than Detroit? Guess I should be glad my mom lives in PA now and escaped city #4 on the list (another one I'm SMH at).
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Old 02-07-2012, 09:02 PM
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I grew up in Warren, MI. I don't think people are unhappy there. No more than Detroit anyway. They share a border. You might as well just say "the Detroit metropolitan area" and lump us all in together. And, I think people in Flint are probably more unhappy, honestly. There's nothing in Flint worth going there for. Detroit has some great stuff, it just has bad stuff too.
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Old 02-07-2012, 10:05 PM
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Chicago??? Seriously?
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Old 02-07-2012, 11:30 PM
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Chicago??? Seriously?
I would have to agree at this stage! Ask me again in another 10 years.
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Old 02-08-2012, 01:34 AM
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I wonder if West Palm Beach is on the list because my evil grandmother-in-law lives there...

Oh, did I just type that on a public forum?
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Old 02-08-2012, 01:44 AM
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  1. Detroit
  2. Flint, MI
  3. Warren, MI
What's "miserable" (to me) is the way they drive, here.
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Old 02-08-2012, 03:04 PM
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I thought Sacramento was lovely, YMMV I suppose...

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I wonder if West Palm Beach is on the list because my evil grandmother-in-law lives there...

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Old 02-08-2012, 03:12 PM
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Did they not go to Akron?
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Old 02-08-2012, 06:19 PM
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Did they not go to Akron?
Correction..."Crackron".
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Old 02-08-2012, 06:21 PM
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Correction..."Crackron".
Cincinnati is pretty nasty too...I was there last month and it was all sorts of depressing.
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Old 02-08-2012, 06:38 PM
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Cincinnati is pretty nasty too...I was there last month and it was all sorts of depressing.
Well that's refreshing.

I'm going there next month to meet a client. Guess I'll be staying in during my time there.
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