Posted on 02/25/2013 6:47:47 PM PST by DogByte6RER
20 Most Miserable U.S. Cities to Live In
Forbes magazine released its dubious 2013 list of the most miserable cities in the United States of America. With the new list for the new year came a new city listed at the top of the list as Detroit, Michigan replaces last year’s most miserable city of Miami, Florida.
The magazine cites Detroit’s high unemployment, violent crimes, shrinking population, and its financial crisis as reasons for giving the city the title.
The list created by Forbes involves the scrutiny of the country’s largest urban areas which are then ranked via factors such as the city’s crime rates, foreclosures, taxes, home prices, commute times, weather, and decreasing populations.
Here are the United States’ 20 Most Miserable Cities of 2013:
1. Detroit, Michigan
2. Flint, Michigan
3. Rockford, Illinois
4. Chicago, Illinois
5. Modesto, California
6. Vallejo, California
7. Warren, Michigan
8. Stockton, California
9. Lake County, Illinois
10. New York City, New York
11. Toledo, Ohio
12. St. Louis, Missouri
13. Camden, New Jersey
14. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
15. Atlantic City, New Jersey
16. Atlanta, Georgia
17. Cleveland, Ohio
18. Poughkeepsie, New York
19. Gary, Indiana
20. Youngstown, Ohio
(Excerpt) Read more at allproudamericans.com ...
Oh hell ... just bring on the apocalypse (free of government bureaucrats) so we can begin rebuilding already.
If all these cities are run (ruined) by Democrats, then you have the answer as to why they are shitholes.
All democrat strongholds. Let’s blame Bush!
All democrat strongholds. Let’s blame Bush!
It’s worse than that! They are minority-RAT run cities!
Woohoo! Ytown is almost off the list!
I’m now living in the largest town I’ve ever lived in (20,000). Even here drugs are a problem — meth. Our culture is trending down.
Let me guess, most if not all have had democrat leadership for several decades.
I didn’t see a single city/area run by anything but Progressives. In fact, the vast amount of misery resides in the Northeast, Upper Midwest and California!
How did Miami go from worst to off the list in one year? They must have some great city managers.
No Dearborn?
The article authors were probably too afraid to go look at Dearborn....?
bump for later
The New York Times will be calling offering you a job. Your comment is brilliant by their standards - you could be an elite journalist as early as tomorrow.
This list of cities is racist. Racist, I tell you!
Dear Uninformed: Before making a blanket stupid comment know that Dearborn, although infested in pockets is still the home of Ford Motor Company.
And lots, and lots and lots of businesses there.
“You ever pick your feet in Poughkeepsie?” Popeye Doyle
Not 20 but 200 or even 2000 cities.. or more..
The liberals are a fire burning down America..
With help from the Police and Firefighters.. Unions..
The Teachers Unions are the incendiaries that lit the fire..
The liberals are indeed a consuming fire.. well planned and executed..
The Arson of America is wondrous malfeasance..
it even has a GREAT mayor- Cory Booker, who is about as good a democrat as you could find.
it's a total hellhole. I mean, it is horrific.
Hard to believe that Memphis isn’t on that list.
Newark always sucked. Since I grew up in Carteret, that’s saying something.
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