Post by officergroyman on Feb 22, 2008 18:56:24 GMT -1
The 5 most miserable cities in the U.S.
Rank....City....Misery Measure*
1.....Detroit, Mich....696
2....Stockton, Calif....689
3....Flint, Mich....675
4....New York, NY....668
5....Philadelphia, Penn....648
*Misery Measures are derived at by ranking the 150 largest metropolitan areas on six criteria -- income tax, violent crime, Superfund sites, commutes, weather and unemployment – and then adding their ranks. For example, New York ranked worst (150th) for commutes, 150th for income tax, 99th for unemployment, 78th for number of Superfund sites, 105th for violent crime and 86th for weather, which add up to its Misery Measure of 668.
Stockton does suck; however, I had no idea it would be number 2 & up there with all those east coast breeehays!!!
Rank....City....Misery Measure*
1.....Detroit, Mich....696
2....Stockton, Calif....689
3....Flint, Mich....675
4....New York, NY....668
5....Philadelphia, Penn....648
*Misery Measures are derived at by ranking the 150 largest metropolitan areas on six criteria -- income tax, violent crime, Superfund sites, commutes, weather and unemployment – and then adding their ranks. For example, New York ranked worst (150th) for commutes, 150th for income tax, 99th for unemployment, 78th for number of Superfund sites, 105th for violent crime and 86th for weather, which add up to its Misery Measure of 668.
Stockton does suck; however, I had no idea it would be number 2 & up there with all those east coast breeehays!!! 
