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Feb 18, 2010 9:00 AM
Wonderful.
Feb 18, 2010 9:00am
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ptown_trojans_1

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Feb 18, 2010 9:09 AM
A lot of Ohio, Illi, Michigan, and Missouri on there. Apparently, it sucks to live in the Midwest.
Feb 18, 2010 9:09am
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Feb 18, 2010 9:15 AM
Youngstown worse than Gary Indiana?
Feb 18, 2010 9:15am
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Fab4Runner

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Feb 18, 2010 9:19 AM
Welp I love living in the Midwest! I live near Akron and Canton, lived in Toledo for 6 years and go to Cleveland pretty frequently and I'm not miserable. :)
Feb 18, 2010 9:19am
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Feb 18, 2010 9:23 AM
Glad to see Cincinnati not on that list.
Feb 18, 2010 9:23am
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tbdbitl_osu

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Feb 18, 2010 9:28 AM
How the hell is Twentynine Palms, California not on this list at #1.....You have 135 degree heat year around....Have one restaurant to eat at Applebee's....Have to drive atleast 2 hours to see any population and a good 45 for a Regular Walmart....
Feb 18, 2010 9:28am
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Feb 18, 2010 9:32 AM
iclfan2 wrote: Youngstown worse than Gary Indiana?
Looks like a toss up to me!

Youngstown, OH



Gary, IN

Feb 18, 2010 9:32am
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Feb 18, 2010 9:33 AM
A list derived from the minds of people who consider the midwest as nothing more than flyover country.

Not the least bit surprised.
Feb 18, 2010 9:33am
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Feb 18, 2010 9:50 AM
USA Today ran something similar to this on Monday....all the "happiest" cities were out on the west, while nearly none were in the midwest or southeast.
No kidding huh. Life must be hard living in that mild climate, not having to freeze your ass off four months of the year. :)
Feb 18, 2010 9:50am
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Feb 18, 2010 9:51 AM
iclfan2 wrote: Youngstown worse than Gary Indiana?
Yeah, I was surprised to see Gary so low at #19. I've been through a lot of those cities and there is no place more miserable than Gary. The downtown barely exists as most buildings have been town down or boarded up. I felt like a was in a move the last time I drove through there. I was also scared for my life.

Thankfully, I live in one of the best up-and-coming cities in America: Columbus, OH.
Feb 18, 2010 9:51am
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Feb 18, 2010 9:57 AM
Columbus still representing for the Midwest.
Feb 18, 2010 9:57am
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fan_from_texas

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Feb 18, 2010 10:28 AM
Nice to see Ohio leading the pack. Perhaps the whole high taxes and extensive regulation thing isn't working out too well.
Feb 18, 2010 10:28am
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Feb 18, 2010 10:30 AM
I am pretty sure Jacksonville was pretty high ranked as well, it was on the news down here.
Feb 18, 2010 10:30am
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Feb 18, 2010 10:32 AM
Cleveland's no peach but I'd rather live there than Detroit
Feb 18, 2010 10:32am
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Feb 18, 2010 11:04 AM
Canton only has 18% of their adult population with college degrees!?!?
Feb 18, 2010 11:04am
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Feb 18, 2010 11:20 AM
iclfan2 wrote: Youngstown worse than Gary Indiana?
Considering that unemployment and violent crime rates were taken into account, I'd say it's a toss up between Youngstown and Gary, Indiana. Add in the fact that they considered corruption this year as one of the factors...and I would say Youngstown beats out Gary hands down.

tbdbitl_osu wrote: How the hell is Twentynine Palms, California not on this list at #1.....You have 135 degree heat year around....Have one restaurant to eat at Applebee's....Have to drive atleast 2 hours to see any population and a good 45 for a Regular Walmart....
From the article:
We expanded the list of cities under consideration this year to include the 200 largest metro areas (in years past we've examined 150) which led to a shuffling in the ranks. Any area with a population of more than 245,000 was eligible.
Maybe Twentynine Palms, CA doesn't have enough people in the metro area to qualify?
Feb 18, 2010 11:20am
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Feb 18, 2010 11:24 AM
I don't really think that pro sports plays that much of a factor in true happiness.

People were pretty happy in St Pete when I lived there...and that was before the Bucs or Bolts won titles, and the D Rays were still the D Rays.
Feb 18, 2010 11:24am
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Feb 18, 2010 11:35 AM
No way to distinguish between Gary and Youngstown. Both shells of what they once were.

I don't feel scared in either, but they certainly seem to have ridiculously high crime-rates and just look like shit, by and large.
Feb 18, 2010 11:35am
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Feb 18, 2010 11:39 AM
cbus4life wrote: No way to distinguish between Gary and Youngstown. Both shells of what they once were.

I don't feel scared in either, but they certainly seem to have ridiculously high crime-rates and just look like shit, by and large.
Just don't go to 8 am mass in Youngstown.
Feb 18, 2010 11:39am
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Feb 18, 2010 11:55 AM
Ah yes, the Sacramento-Stockon-Modesto corridor.
Feb 18, 2010 11:55am
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BigAppleBuckeye

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Feb 18, 2010 12:03 PM
Kindof random, but outside of Chicago, what do you think the next most-popular Midwest tourist spot is?
Feb 18, 2010 12:03pm
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Feb 18, 2010 12:09 PM
For an event tourist spot, my guess is the Indy 500 in Indy. For a permanent tourist hotspot, my guess is the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
Feb 18, 2010 12:09pm
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Feb 18, 2010 12:15 PM
BigAppleBuckeye wrote: Kindof random, but outside of Chicago, what do you think the next most-popular Midwest tourist spot is?
Somewhere up in Michigan, on the lake, i would imagine. Mackinac(sp?) Island?
Feb 18, 2010 12:15pm
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Feb 18, 2010 12:22 PM
BigAppleBuckeye wrote: Kindof random, but outside of Chicago, what do you think the next most-popular Midwest tourist spot is?
Mall of America, probably
Feb 18, 2010 12:22pm