Forbes 10 Most Miserable US Cities`12

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

Correction..."Crackron".

Cincinnati is pretty nasty too...I was there last month and it was all sorts of depressing.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

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.

[amanda6035]

I can't believe Seattle isn't on there. That was the worst 3 years of my life. Damn you, Navy, for sending me to the miserable gray, rainy, cold PACNORWEST.

Though, I will say the 2 weeks of summer they actually had was beautiful.

Sorry, Seattle natives

[barbino]

I haven't been to Miami since I was a kid, so I can't say anything about why it is #1. Detroit being rated #2 does not surprize me at all - so many smoking potholes, and I live in Chicago, so I thought that I'd be used to "big city grunge." I will say that Detroit has some of the most beautiful suburbs that I have ever seen, though.

I'm surprized but not shocked about Chicago's ranking. If almost all of my family was not here, I'd definitely move somewhere warm; somewhere south.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by barbino

I haven't been to Miami since I was a kid, so I can't say anything about why it is #1. Detroit being rated #2 does not surprize me at all - so many smoking potholes, and I live in Chicago, so I thought that I'd be used to "big city grunge." I will say that Detroit has some of the most beautiful suburbs that I have ever seen, though.

I'm surprized but not shocked about Chicago's ranking. If almost all of my family was not here, I'd definitely move somewhere warm; somewhere south.

The smoking pot holes are a steam generated electrical system for city power. They keep the homeless warm in the winter. They usually sleep right on top of them to stay warm. I thought they were very strange until I found out what they were. I guess they beat coal.. lol.

[barbino]

AGDee-
Thanks, I always wondered about all those smoking potholes. It's funny what you remember when you visit other areas.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by barbino

AGDee-
Thanks, I always wondered about all those smoking potholes. It's funny what you remember when you visit other areas.

I've lived in metro Detroit my whole life and only found out what those were about 10 years ago, when the system went down and the lights around my work were out. I noticed the steam was gone too and someone told me what was up (Oh, and they are man holes, not pot holes...lol). The bad thing is, there are places where the steam is so dense it reduces visibility on the road.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Cincinnati is pretty nasty too...I was there last month and it was all sorts of depressing.

I love Cincinnati...at least for the 24 hrs I visited!!

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

I love Cincinnati...at least for the 24 hrs I visited!!

It's not terrible...as long as you stay downtown near the major hotels and the stadiums. I found the areas outside downtown to be extremely economically depressed. It was pretty racially segregated, which I'm not used to for even moderately-sized cities.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

It's not terrible...as long as you stay downtown near the major hotels and the stadiums. I found the areas outside downtown to be extremely economically depressed. It was pretty racially segregated, which I'm not used to for even moderately-sized cities.

Yeah...that's where I was.