America's Most Miserable Cities

http://www.forbes.com/2008/01/29/detroit-stockton-flint-biz-cz_kb_0130miserable.html

1. Detroit, MI
2. Stockton, CA
3. Flint, MI
4. New York, NY
5. Philadelphia, Pa
6. Chicago, IL
7. Los Angeles, CA
8. Modesto, CA
9. Charlotte, NC
10. Providence, RI

An way to go Stockton, if you work hard, maybe next year you'll bump Detroit for that top spot! :D

http://www.forbes.com/2008/01/29/detroit-stockton-flint-biz-cz_kb_0130miserable_slide_3.html?thisSpeed=15000

You know, Stockton sucks and all, but did they not go to Gary, IN?

Or anywhere in Ohio?

Big pimpin'!

whoa NY made the list

wait shouldn't this be in the mid cal section?

Or valley or whatever you call it.

Something something central valley forum.

Hah thanks for the official list guys....It's abuzz here at work even though I work in Oakdale.........I'm proud to be a Modesto resident! Just depends what part of Modesto you're in. Downtown Modesto with the Gallo center is starting to be pretty nice.

woot woot! lolz stockton FTMFW!!!

that's hilarious they used this pic:
http://images.forbes.com/media/2008/01/29/miserable_02.jpg

that is the new shoping center they just put in like 2 years ago lol place is like the coolest in stockton compared to other shopping centers

i cant believe anyone is surprised! gangs, drugs insanely high crime rate. the central valley is home to more violence than most big cities

grats !

now make more threads about it to fill up your forum.

grats !

now make more threads about it to fill up your forum.

lol jackass

OP was from bay area...

Why isnt Los Banos on that list??? There is nothing to do here! And no one stays here because they all go to Modesto and surrounding cities to go do things!! What kinda crap is this??

I can see how Stockton is on there, #1 foreclosure/repo city in the country. I'm not sure how Modesto is on the list? Maybe bc Stanislaus Co. is in the top cities in the country per capita for stolen vehicles.

hehe, I went through stockton once...worst 3 mins of my life...

hehehe... it doesn't surprise me, but based on the criteria stated in the article, i would have thought modesto was higher...

Making good ol Richmond (CA) look good!

Stockton is miserable because there are no subie meets here!!

;) Stockton sucks a lot! Its way over crowded, most drivers think that turn signals dont come standard in their cars so they dont use it, people hitting me up for money at gas stations using lame a$$ excuses...

The reason Stockton sucks is because there greedy city council and Mayor (Podesto especially) wanted the tax revenue from all the Bay Area trash that could no longer afford to live in places like Richmond, Oakland and so on. I think they finally put up signs on the out skirts of town that read something like the Statue of Liberty.... "Give us your poor, your drug dealing, your lazy, your car stealing masses longing to be free to rape and pillage" Stockton wants them all.......

^^^Amen^^^