https://punchingkitty.com/tags/misery/Recent content in Misery on PUNCHING KITTYHugoenThu, 12 Feb 2009 15:00:11 +0000https://punchingkitty.com/2009/02/12/st-louis-is-10th-most-miserable-city/Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:00:11 +0000https://punchingkitty.com/2009/02/12/st-louis-is-10th-most-miserable-city/<p><a href="http://punchingkitty.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/misery_photo.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-504" title="misery_photo" src="http://punchingkitty.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/misery_photo.jpg" alt="misery_photo" width="580" height="368" srcset="http://media.punchingkitty.com/wordpress/2009/02/misery_photo.jpg 580w, http://media.punchingkitty.com/wordpress/2009/02/misery_photo-300x190.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px" /></a></p> <p>Great.</p> <p>Forbes Magazine says via <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2009/02/09/daily66.html">BizJournals.com</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>St. Louis has been ranked the 10th-most miserable city in the nation by <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/related_content.html?topic=Forbes%20magazine">Forbes magazine</a>.</p> <p>The “Forbes Misery Measure” looks at the 150 largest metropolitan statistical areas in the U.S., or those areas with a population of at least 378,000. The list was based on nine factors: commute times, corruption, pro sports teams, Superfund sites, taxes (both income and sales), unemployment, violent crime and weather.</p>