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I tend to agree on most on these cities being miserable, but I tend to disagree on New York being rated 4th on the list of the most miserable cities in America. I completely agree that Detroit, Michigan is the most miserable city in America, not just because I was miserable when I lived there, but because of what I witnessed while I lived there. No. 1 Detroit, Mich. Rank Commute times 80 Income tax rates 87 Superfund sites 135 Unemployment 149 Violent crimes 150 Weather 95 Misery Measure 696 Motown is the worst in the country when it comes to violent crime, with an annual rate of 1,251 crimes for every 100,000 residents. Unemployment in the area is below the double-digit rates it hit in the early 1990s, but at 8.5% over the past three years, it is still the second-highest in the country among the 150 largest metro areas. No. 2 Stockton, Calif. Rank Commute times 135 Income tax rates 130 Superfund sites 116 Unemployment 144 Violent crimes 146 Weather 18 Misery Measure 689 The population of the Stockton metro area soared 28% over the past 10 years as people looked for affordable options to the pricey Bay Area. The population flow helped home prices jump 158% between 2000 and 2005, but they have fallen the past two years, as Stockton has one of the highest foreclosure rates in the country. No. 3 Flint, Mich. Rank Commute times 83 Income tax rates 64 Superfund sites 116 Unemployment 146 Violent crimes 143 Weather 123 Misery Measure 675 Flint's decline has corresponded with the downturn in the U.S. auto industry. The Flint metro area has experienced a net migration out of Flint every year but one since 1990. One upshot of living in Flint is cheap housing. The median home price was only $104,000 last year. No. 4 New York, N.Y. Rank Commute times 150 Income tax rates 150 Superfund sites 78 Unemployment 99 Violent crimes 105 Weather 86 Misery Measure 668 The Big Apple is the nation's center for financial services, publishing, advertising and countless other industries, making job opportunities plentiful. But the costs can make all but the super-wealthy miserable. Housing costs are through the roof, and income tax rates are 10.5%, more than twice the U.S. average. Commuting times are also the worst, at an average of 36 minutes each way. No. 5 Philadelphia, Pa. Rank Commute times 132 Income tax rates 102 Superfund sites 135 Unemployment 81 Violent crimes 134 Weather 64 Misery Measure 648 How miserable is Philly? The residents of the City of Brotherly Love once booed Santa Claus and pelted him with snowballs at an Eagles game. Maybe it's the long commutes, violent crime and plethora of toxic waste sites that has people grumpy. Philadelphia scored in the top 20 in all three areas. No. 6 Chicago, Ill. Rank Commute times 144 Income tax rates 35 Superfund sites 107 Unemployment 108 Violent crimes 118 Weather 122 Misery Measure 634 Residents of the country's third-largest metro face long commutes (31 minutes on average) and high violent crime rates (619 crimes per 100,000 residents). Another chief complaint: the bitter-cold winters. And as for misery, nothing tops being a Cubs fan. The team has not won a World Series since 1908, the longest winless streak in baseball. No. 7 Los Angeles, Calif. Rank Commute times 132 Income tax rates 130 Superfund sites 135 Unemployment 102 Violent crimes 126 Weather 7 Misery Measure 632 In sunny L.A., the weather is almost perfect. Everything else, not so perfect. If you are not stuck in traffic or forking over your earnings to put a dent in the state's massive budget deficit, chances are, you are choking on the city's polluted air. No. 8 Modesto, Calif. Rank Commute times 112 Income tax rates 130 Superfund sites 109 Unemployment 147 Violent crimes 116 Weather 17 Misery Measure 631 George Lucas of Star Wars fame was born in Modesto, and one of his first movies, American Graffiti, was about teenagers cruising the streets of Modesto at night. Modesto could use some of Lucas' $3.9 billion fortune, as unemployment was an unseemly 8.7% in 2007. Of course, that is down from the early 1990s, when it topped 15%. No. 9 Charlotte, N.C. Rank Commute times 96 Income tax rates 107 Superfund sites 97 Unemployment 97 Violent crimes 140 Weather 88 Misery Measure 625 Charlotte ranked in the bottom 50% of all six categories that we examined. Its worst showing was in violent crimes (838 crimes per 100,000 residents). As home to banking giants Bank of America and Wachovia, Charlotte could see an uptick in unemployment, thanks to the problems at those banks. No. 10 Providence, R.I. Rank Commute times 69 Income tax rates 149 Superfund sites 111 Unemployment 121 Violent crimes 51 Weather 110 Misery Measure 611 Only New York City fares worst than Providence when it comes to income tax rates. The top rate for all of Rhode Island is 9.9%. Residents are fleeing the area, with a net migration of 20,000 out of the area over the past four years. I love Chicago, New York, & Charlotte. When it comes to the other cities I couldn't give a damn, they all suck, but honestly I would rather live in any one of these top ten miserable cities than anywhere in Texas or St. Louis.
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