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shiva2999
February 12th, 2008, 12:00:05 PM
And chimpy's home town is #1.

http://www.forbes.com/2008/01/29/detroit-stockton-flint-biz-cz_kb_0130miserable_slide_2.html?thisSpeed=15000

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.

Ranks are based on the 150 largest metro areas.

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pmoon6
February 12th, 2008, 12:02:40 PM
And chimpy's home town is #1.

http://www.forbes.com/2008/01/29/detroit-stockton-flint-biz-cz_kb_0130miserable_slide_2.html?thisSpeed=15000

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.

Ranks are based on the 150 largest metro areas.

...more...That maybe why he slimed his way across another border and settled in your fair city, Eh?

shiva2999
February 12th, 2008, 12:09:43 PM
That maybe why he slimed his way across another border and settled in your fair city, Eh?

Detroit...Toronto...Detroit...Toronto...

Hmmmm.

Not much of a choice, huh?

pmoon6
February 12th, 2008, 12:09:56 PM
Hmmm. Michael Moore's hometown ranks 3rd worst. Maybe what motivated him to make his docudramas.

Nehemiah's ranked 5th worst, despite the cheese steaks.

anEinherjer
February 12th, 2008, 12:18:00 PM
I don't see Buffalo on the list. Interesting.

Newman
February 12th, 2008, 12:28:38 PM
I don't see Buffalo on the list. Interesting.

Well I'm not miserable. Are you??

Billsman
February 12th, 2008, 12:32:53 PM
And Ralph Wilson is bitching about Buffalo?

pmoon6
February 12th, 2008, 12:34:35 PM
Detroit...Toronto...Detroit...Toronto...

Hmmmm.

Not much of a choice, huh?Nope. It's been along time since I've been to Toronto, but I always liked it there.

I've been to Detroit a few times as my better half is from a small town close by. I always tell her, next time we visit, let me know if were going into the city. She asks why and I tell her we will have to drive instead of fly, so I can be sufficiently armed to repel the animals.

slowpokemcgee
February 12th, 2008, 12:44:54 PM
Notice Charlotte on the list. That's what you get for moving away.

jimmifli
February 12th, 2008, 12:53:14 PM
And chimpy's home town is #1.

http://www.forbes.com/2008/01/29/detroit-stockton-flint-biz-cz_kb_0130miserable_slide_2.html?thisSpeed=15000

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.

Ranks are based on the 150 largest metro areas.

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You read Forbes?

It's like Cosmofinance.

shiva2999
February 12th, 2008, 12:56:37 PM
You read Forbes?


hell no.

Ralonzo
February 12th, 2008, 2:31:35 PM
Well I'm not miserable. Are you??

Almost everyone that posts regularly on the PRS forum is miserable, I think.

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pmoon6
February 12th, 2008, 2:49:22 PM
Almost everyone that posts regularly on the PRS forum is miserable, I think.

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Sorry, wrong guess.

Would you like to go for Double Jeopardy where the scores can really change?

shiva2999
February 12th, 2008, 2:50:41 PM
Ignorance is bliss.

Ralonzo
February 12th, 2008, 9:18:02 PM
Aaaaght.

Sorry, wrong guess.

Would you like to go for Double Jeopardy where the scores can really change?

I'm too irregular a poster.

GOPchick
February 12th, 2008, 9:46:59 PM
Modesto, Calif....that is where Scott Peterson lived!