America's 20 Most Miserable Cities
 

From forbes.com.

Most of the top 10 in CA, mainly in the Central Valley. Lots more in FL.

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My hometown is #12. :(

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Quite surprised with that, would have thought there would be a bigger mix, and perhaps Detroit being higher with perhaps a few more mill towns like Buffalo.

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Mine is 2nd - beat you! I'm so much less miserable now that I've won something.

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Our closest city for shopping is #1 :( How depressing is that.
Got you beat anotherlimey Sorry.

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I hear Janis Joplin singing about "somewhere near Salinas" and Linda Ronstadt singing about "Tehachipi to Tonopah."

:D

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I'm surprised Chicago is # 7 and Cleveland # 10. I thought Cleveland would be more miserable than Chicago. They both have horrible winters, but I think unemployment is higher here.

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No surprise that the Central Valley is so well represented. It really is an armpit.

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Yeah:thumbsup: No mention of Houston...woop-woop:p:lol:

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I see Modesto ranked No 4 :lol: and as I stated in another thread Stockon was my worst choice in the US next to Bloomington Illinois....what I do find strange is because of my work I travel all over the US and as much as I think most of Modesto is a dump,its the Ritz next to some cities/towns that I visit luckily I live in the very far suburbs on the good side of town so I guess I don't get to see the violent areas much like Ceres and the connecting hovels!

I do know that I would rather be in Modesto then Stockton,Fresno,Bakersfield thats a dead cert.

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I ended up in the #1 city this afternoon Ds needed work pants. Now I know it's number 1 I somehow could see all the complaints better, it's never been that great IMO but holy cow it's an armpit Giantaxe is so right. Ds and I were joking about it while we shopped, If I never go there again I'll be happy, I must be more picky about my shopping areas :lol:

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The only good thing about Stockton is the Super Wal-Mart lol....yes I admit I like to have a nose there every so often.

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Thats where we went, Ds was practically hyperventilating in there he hates it when it's so busy. Poor guy. Then he was complaining cause he couldn't understand anyone speaking I told him he should have done Spanish in school not French :lol: They were out of his size in the Dickies work pants so that made his day :lol:

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At least you get to go home to beautiful location I would take the foothills over the bay area any day

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Or Texas at all for that matter ... MWA HA HA HA HA :sneaky: