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Forbes says Chicago is "miserable," although less so than Memphis and Stockton, Calif. |
| By Jeff Sherman OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writer E-mail author | Author bio More articles by Jeff Sherman |
| Published Feb. 10, 2009 at 5:25 p.m. |
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Forbes has yet another list today. This time, it's "America's Most Miserable Cities." Chicago is third on the list, trailing only Stockton, Calif., and Memphis.
Milwaukee, though, wasn't on the list that last year put Detroit on top.
Forbes says this about the Windy City, "Lousy weather, long commutes, rising unemployment and the highest sales tax rate in the country are to blame for the Windy City being near the top of our list. High rates of corruption by public officials didn't help either."
The other cities in the top 10, in order, are: Cleveland, Modesto, Calif., Flint, Mich., Detroit, Buffalo, Miami and St. Louis.
According to Forbes, it compiled the rankings looking at the 150 largest metropolitan statistical areas in the U.S., which meant those with a population of at least 378,000. They ranked these metros on nine factors: commute times, corruption, pro sports teams, Superfund sites, taxes (both income and sales), unemployment, violent crime and weather.
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Posted by curlyboy1978 on Feb. 11, 2009 at 8:19 a.m. (report)
Based on that criteria, I guess it does make sense. The sales tax in Cook County is off the chart. But most "miserable" -- no one would never put Chicago in the same company as Stockton, Memphis, Cleveland etc.
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