CALIFORNIA BUSINESS MINUTE
Most Miserable Cities
02-06-12
Hi, I am Tim Johnson and welcome to the California Business Minute.
Things are looking up for California as only 6 cities compared to 8 from last
year were ranked in the Top 20 Most Miserable Cities in the Nation.
The annual ranking by Forbes.com examined ten factors for the 200 largest metro
areas and divisions in the nation to determine its “Most Miserable Cities” list.
They include violent crimes, unemployment, foreclosures, taxes, home prices and
political corruption. It also includes weather and weighs how their professional
sports teams fared.
Six California cities made the list. Sacramento was ranked high again due to its
poor performing sports team and the inability of the city to build a new arena
and high foreclosure rate. Stockton, fell from the top spot to 11 but still has
high crime and unemployment rates. Bakersfield rose in the ranking to 17 due to
air pollution and low college graduate levels. Vallejo also dropped but remained
on the list due to crime and poor city service levels. Modesto fell from 4 to 19
but remained on the Top 20 due to foreclosure and unemployment rates. Merced fell
from 3 to 15 but remained on the list due to unemployment and high foreclosure
rates. Fresno and Salinas fell off the list.
MOST MISERABLE CITIES IN THE NATION 2012 (2011 in Parenthesis)
1.Miami, FL (20
2.Detroit, MI (15)
3.Flint, MI (11)
4.West Palm Beach, FL (8)
5.Sacramento (5)
6.Chicago, IL (7)
7.Fort Lauderdale, FL (13)
8.Toledo, OH (12)
9.Rockford, IL
10.Warren, MI
11.Stockton (1)
12.Cleveland, OH (10)
13.Lansing, MI
14.Akron, OH
15.Merced, CA (3)
16.Memphis, TN (60
17.Bakersfield (20)
18.Vallejo (9)
19.Modesto (4)
20.Gary, IN
I am Tim Johnson and this has been the California Business Minute.
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