Forbes Magazine: America's 20 most miserable cities

[We Are Legion]

20. Youngstown, Ohio
19. Gary, Indiana
18. Poughkeepsie, New York
17. Cleveland, Ohio
16. Atlanta, Georgia
15. Atlantic City, New Jersey
14. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
13. Camden, New Jersey
12. St. Louis, Missouri
11. Toledo, Ohio
10. New York, New York
9. Lake County, Illinois
8. Stockton, California
7. Warren, Michigan
6. Vallejo, California
5. Modesto, California
4. Chicago, Illinois
3. Rockford, Illinois
2. Flint, Michigan
1. Detroit, Michigan

For brief explanations of the rankings, you can visit the link here: America's Most Miserable Cities - weather.com


Forbes Magazine REALLY doesn't like Michigan, Illinois, and Ohio. I wasn't surprised at all that Detroit was #1. I guessed it immediately before I even started scrolling through the list. I was actually surprised Cleveland wasn't in the Top 10. It seems like everyone I've ever met from there wanted out.

 

[Chris]

Detroit was so predictable.

 

[Rated R Superstar]

Detroit is not surprising at all.

 

[Mick Donalds]

Only 1 New Jersey entry? Surprising. I lived near Gary, Indiana for a few years and it looks like Sarajevo did in 1994. It looks post-Apocalyptic. Literally. They filmed segments of "Life After People" there, for fook's sake!

And there's California entries? That's a shocker. California is supposed to be some paradise where even the poor drive Infinity brand cars and snort pure cocaine with $10 bills.

 

[Keith]

Only 1 New Jersey entry? Surprising. I lived near Gary, Indiana for a few years and it looks like Sarajevo did in 1994. It looks post-Apocalyptic. Literally. They filmed segments of "Life After People" there, for fook's sake!

And there's California entries? That's a shocker. California is supposed to be some paradise where even the poor drive Infinity brand cars and snort pure cocaine with $10 bills.

Well New York, New York was a suprise to me, maybe if this was the 70s, but now I don't really see it. Never been to any of the other cities so can't comment but the Detriot one is lazy.

 

[Franco]

2. Flint, Michigan

Still miserable about the loss of Flint Tropics? Lol

 

[The New F'n Show]

My birthplace#1 and the city I went to high school in #7. Guess I've had a miserable life.

 

[Dademo]

My friend's band has played in Poughkeepsie a lot of times so I've been there. It's pretty fucking bad.

 

[We Are Legion]

My friend's band has played in Poughkeepsie a lot of times so I've been there. It's pretty fucking bad.

Had to type it in on Google Maps. Never even heard of it before I read this.

I'm actually surprised Oklahoma didn't make the list. Any place there, really.

 

[NotReallyaGoodUN]

The city I live in is called the "Detroit of India"

 

[zigglerHEEL]

The city I live in is called the "Detroit of India"

I SOOOOOOO hope there is a sign at the edge of town that reads: "Welcome to ......, The Detroit of India!"

 

[NotReallyaGoodUN]

lol, no.

It's a nickname.

 

[Ryan]

New York City is pretty awesome, but I agree with the reasoning for why it's on this list. Visiting is one thing, but dealing with those taxes and that congestion all day every day would wear thin.

 

[We Are Legion]

Yeah I agree, I've never had a bad experience visiting NYC and I knew what I was getting into before I went there, but that was the beauty of it. But if I actually lived there and couldn't turn it off, I would imagine it gets pretty tiresome.

 

[Slim]

The traffic in Atlanta definitely sucks badly. Very badly.