Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Feb 18, 2010 8:52am
Top 20 Miserable Cities in America ..... thank you Forbes
1. Cleveland
9. Canton
12. Akron
15. Toledo
18. Youngtown
http://www.forbes.com/2010/02/11/americas-most-miserable-cities-business-beltway-miserable-cities_slide_21.html
1. Cleveland
9. Canton
12. Akron
15. Toledo
18. Youngtown
http://www.forbes.com/2010/02/11/americas-most-miserable-cities-business-beltway-miserable-cities_slide_21.html
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I Wear Pants
Posts: 16,223
Feb 18, 2010 9:00am
Wonderful.
ptown_trojans_1
Posts: 7,632
Feb 18, 2010 9:09am
A lot of Ohio, Illi, Michigan, and Missouri on there. Apparently, it sucks to live in the Midwest.
iclfan2
Posts: 6,360
Feb 18, 2010 9:15am
Youngstown worse than Gary Indiana?
Fab4Runner
Posts: 6,196
Feb 18, 2010 9:19am
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. 
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Feb 18, 2010 9:23am
Glad to see Cincinnati not on that list.
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tbdbitl_osu
Posts: 278
Feb 18, 2010 9:28am
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....
4cards
Posts: 2,551
Feb 18, 2010 9:32am
Looks like a toss up to me!iclfan2 wrote: Youngstown worse than Gary Indiana?
Youngstown, OH
Gary, IN
ytownfootball
Posts: 6,978
Feb 18, 2010 9:33am
A list derived from the minds of people who consider the midwest as nothing more than flyover country.
Not the least bit surprised.
Not the least bit surprised.
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friendfromlowry
Posts: 6,239
Feb 18, 2010 9:50am
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.
No kidding huh. Life must be hard living in that mild climate, not having to freeze your ass off four months of the year.
krambman
Posts: 3,606
Feb 18, 2010 9:51am
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.iclfan2 wrote: Youngstown worse than Gary Indiana?
Thankfully, I live in one of the best up-and-coming cities in America: Columbus, OH.
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cbus4life
Posts: 2,849
Feb 18, 2010 9:57am
Columbus still representing for the Midwest.
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fan_from_texas
Posts: 2,693
Feb 18, 2010 10:28am
Nice to see Ohio leading the pack. Perhaps the whole high taxes and extensive regulation thing isn't working out too well.
Fab1b
Posts: 12,949
Feb 18, 2010 10:30am
I am pretty sure Jacksonville was pretty high ranked as well, it was on the news down here.
krazie45
Posts: 1,055
Feb 18, 2010 10:32am
Cleveland's no peach but I'd rather live there than Detroit
Laley23
Posts: 29,506
Feb 18, 2010 11:04am
Canton only has 18% of their adult population with college degrees!?!?
sherm03
Posts: 7,349
Feb 18, 2010 11:20am
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.iclfan2 wrote: Youngstown worse than Gary Indiana?
From the article: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....
Maybe Twentynine Palms, CA doesn't have enough people in the metro area to qualify?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.
ManO'War
Posts: 1,420
Feb 18, 2010 11:24am
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.
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.
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cbus4life
Posts: 2,849
Feb 18, 2010 11:35am
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.
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.
sherm03
Posts: 7,349
Feb 18, 2010 11:39am
Just don't go to 8 am mass in Youngstown.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.
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El Jefe Grande
Posts: 425
Feb 18, 2010 11:55am
Ah yes, the Sacramento-Stockon-Modesto corridor.
BigAppleBuckeye
Posts: 2,935
Feb 18, 2010 12:03pm
Kindof random, but outside of Chicago, what do you think the next most-popular Midwest tourist spot is?
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Manhattan Buckeye
Posts: 7,566
Feb 18, 2010 12:09pm
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.
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cbus4life
Posts: 2,849
Feb 18, 2010 12:15pm
Somewhere up in Michigan, on the lake, i would imagine. Mackinac(sp?) Island?BigAppleBuckeye wrote: Kindof random, but outside of Chicago, what do you think the next most-popular Midwest tourist spot is?
gorocks99
Posts: 10,760
Feb 18, 2010 12:22pm
Mall of America, probablyBigAppleBuckeye wrote: Kindof random, but outside of Chicago, what do you think the next most-popular Midwest tourist spot is?