CALIFORNIA BUSINESS MINUTE
Most Miserable Cities
02-22-10
Hi, I am Tim Johnson and welcome to the California Business Minute.
The annual Forbes.com ‘Most Miserable Cities’ rankings have been released.
The measure of misery takes into account, unemployment, taxes (sales and income),
commute times, violent crimes, public corruption, weather and superfund pollution
sites along with how well the community’s sports teams played over the last two
years. And the areas reviewed had to have MSA’s larger than 245,000 in size to be
eligible for the list.
Ohio had the highest number of cities with four. Unfortunately, California had
three cities on this year’s list. Stockton dropped from last year’s top ranking
slipping to #2. Modesto ranked #11 and Sacramento was #17. New York State had
two cities on the list as did Illinois and Michigan.
MOST MISERABLE CITIES
1. Cleveland, OH
2. Stockton
3. Memphis, TN
4. Detroit, MI
5. Flint, MI
6. Miami, FL
7. St. Louis, MO
8. Buffalo, NY
9. Canton, OH
10. Chicago, IL
11. Modesto
12. Akron, OH
13. Kansas City, KS
14. Rockford, lL
15. Toledo, OH
16. New York, NY
17. Sacramento
18. Youngstown, OH
19. Gary, IN
20. Philadelphia, PA
I am Tim Johnson and this has been the California Business Minute.
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