The 50 most miserable cities in America (majority hailing from the West Coast, South & Midwest)

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The 50 most miserable cities in America

The 50 most miserable cities in America





    • The most miserable city in the US is Gary, Indiana.
    • The state with the most miserable cities is California with 10. New Jersey is close behind with nine, and Florida comes in third with six.
    • These cities have things in common — few opportunities, devastation from natural disasters, high crime and addiction rates, and often many abandoned houses.
Not the worst, just the most miserable.

We've identified the 50 most miserable cities in the US, using census data from 1,000 cities across the country, taking into consideration population change (because if people are leaving it's usually for a good reason), the percentage of people working, median household incomes, the percentage of people without healthcare, median commute times, and the number of people living in poverty along with poor housing conditions.

Often, these cities have been devastated by natural disasters. They've had to deal with blight, and with high crime rates. Economies have struggled after industry has collapsed. These cities also tend to have high rates of addiction.

The state with the most miserable cities was California, with 10 in the top 50. New Jersey was second with nine, and Florida had six.

Here are the 50 most miserable cities in the US, based on US census data.

It's a long read so I decided to post them in order down below...

The 50 most MISERABLE Cities in America:




    • Gary, Indiana
    • Port Arthur, Texas
    • Detroit, Michigan
    • Passaic, New Jersey
    • Newark, New Jersey
    • Pine Bluff, Arkansas
    • Flint, Michigan
    • Camden, New Jersey
    • Warren, Ohio
    • Huntington Park, California
    • New Brunswick, New Jersey
    • Brownsville, Texas
    • Hialeah, Florida
    • Bell Gardens, California
    • Union City, New Jersey
    • Cicero, Illinois
    • Trenton, New Jersey
    • Albany, Georgia
    • Patterson, New Jersey
    • Huntsville, Texas
    • Lynnwood, California
    • El Monte, California
    • Hammond, Indiana
    • Huntington, West Virginia
    • North Miami, Florida
    • Youngstown, Ohio
    • Cleveland, Ohio
    • Miami Gardens, Florida
    • West New York, New Jersey
    • Plainsville, New Jersey
    • Saginaw, Michigan
    • Jackson, Mississippi
    • North Miami Beach, Florida
    • Fort Pierce, Florida
    • Anderson, Indiana
    • Palmdale, California
    • Hallandale, Florida
    • Reading, Pennsylvania
    • Harlingen, Texas
    • Montebello, California
    • Compton, California
    • San Bernardino, California
    • Mansfield, Ohio
    • Hemet, California
    • Shreveport, Louisiana
    • Danville, Virginia
    • Macon-Bibb County, Georgia
    • Pasadena, Texas
    • St Louis, Missouri
    • Lancaster, California


New York is nowhere to be found, yet TLR loves to act like NYC is a horrible & miserable (from every angle and aspect) place to live :sas1:.

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This list isn’t based on polling people about their happiness levels. Just based on stats

People I’ve known from Albany, GA and Jackson, MS love life

Philly needs to be on this list. Miserable motherfukkers and Anchorage, Alaska should be at the top of this list. High alcohol, domestic abuse and suicide rates up there
 
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No cities in Alaska?
Minnesota?
Wyoming?
North Dakota?

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Jersey ain't that damn bad. I'm offended :picard:

This is based off US census data relating to crime, poor housing, percentages of actual working people, household incomes, lack of healthcare, bad commute, drug addiction & the amount of people living in poverty.
 

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This is based off crime, poor housing, lack of working people, household incomes, lack of healthcare, bad commute, drug addiction & the amount of people living in poverty.
I see. But damn they gotta a lot of my state up on that list lol. Union city isn't bad though. The rest I can agree with.
 
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