Miserable city?
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There are areas in our wonderful country that even our well armed and trained police won't go without backup. Sad.
Sherlock Holmes said that he would rather hang around some of the worst slums of London rather than be out into the countryside because he thought crime out there was far worse so maybe it’s the same in this country maybe the cities are safer than the country.
Sherlock Holmes said that he would rather hang around some of the worst slums of London rather than be out into the countryside because he thought crime out there was far worse so maybe it’s the same in this country maybe the cities are safer than the country.
The bayous of Louisiana hold a lot of secrets. James Lee Burke is an excellent crime novel writer that brings that to life in his "Dave Robicheaux" books. But the best kept secret is the deep woods of East Texas. Rumor has it that the mafia that operated in Galveston years ago loved to "visit" The Big Thicket" with their former "friends".
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Sherlock Holmes said that he would rather hang around some of the worst slums of London rather than be out into the countryside because he thought crime out there was far worse so maybe it’s the same in this country maybe the cities are safer than the country.
The bayous of Louisiana hold a lot of secrets. James Lee Burke is an excellent crime novel writer that brings that to life in his "Dave Robicheaux" books. But the best kept secret is the deep woods of East Texas. Rumor has it that the mafia that operated in Galveston years ago loved to "visit" The Big Thicket" with their former "friends".
The bayous of Louisiana hold a lot of secrets. James Lee Burke is an excellent crime novel writer that brings that to life in his "Dave Robicheaux" books. But the best kept secret is the deep woods of East Texas. Rumor has it that the mafia that operated in Galveston years ago loved to "visit" The Big Thicket" with their former "friends".
Yep, been there to the Big Thicket.
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Well my old favorite Forbes magazine 20 happiest and unhappiest cities in 2019........hello Ohio?
Top 20 Happiest Cities in America https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurabegleybloom/2019/03/12/20-happiest-and-20-unhappiest-cities-in-america/#7a6bad483a70
- Plano, Texas
- Irvine, California
- Madison, Wisconsin
- Fremont, California
- Huntington Beach, California
- Fargo, North Dakota
- Grand Prairie, Texas
- San Jose, California
- Scottsdale, Arizona
- San Francisco, California
- Bismarck, North Dakota
- Overland Park, Kansas
- Santa Rosa, California
- Austin, Texas
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- Pearl City, Hawaii
- Glendale, California
- San Diego, California
- St. Paul, Minnesota
- Charleston, South Carolina
20 Unhappiest Cities in America
- Detroit, Michigan
- Toledo, Ohio
- Charleston, West Virginia
- Birmingham, Alabama
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Gulfport, Mississippi
- Little Rock, Arkansas
- Huntington, West Virginia
- Newark, New Jersey
- Mobile, Alabama
- Augusta, Georgia
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Fort Smith, Arkansas
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Akron, Ohio
- Fayetteville, North Carolina
- Columbus, Georgia
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Shreveport, Louisiana
Well my old favorite Forbes magazine 20 happiest and unhappiest cities in 2019........hello Ohio?
Top 20 Happiest Cities in America https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurabegleybloom/2019/03/12/20-happiest-and-20-unhappiest-cities-in-america/#7a6bad483a70
- Plano, Texas
- Irvine, California
- Madison, Wisconsin
- Fremont, California
- Huntington Beach, California
- Fargo, North Dakota
- Grand Prairie, Texas
- San Jose, California
- Scottsdale, Arizona
- San Francisco, California
- Bismarck, North Dakota
- Overland Park, Kansas
- Santa Rosa, California
- Austin, Texas
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- Pearl City, Hawaii
- Glendale, California
- San Diego, California
- St. Paul, Minnesota
- Charleston, South Carolina
20 Unhappiest Cities in America
- Detroit, Michigan
- Toledo, Ohio
- Charleston, West Virginia
- Birmingham, Alabama
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Gulfport, Mississippi
- Little Rock, Arkansas
- Huntington, West Virginia
- Newark, New Jersey
- Mobile, Alabama
- Augusta, Georgia
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Fort Smith, Arkansas
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Akron, Ohio
- Fayetteville, North Carolina
- Columbus, Georgia
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Shreveport, Louisiana
How was happiness or unhappiness measured what did they use a massive mood ring.
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So who is this baseball Boomhauer? 1 Post?
WSS
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So who is this baseball Boomhauer? 1 Post?
WSS
So who is this baseball Boomhauer? 1 Post?
WSS
Not sure what you are referring to.
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So who is this baseball Boomhauer? 1 Post?
WSS
Not sure what you are referring to.
Not sure what you are referring to.
The guy that wrote the second Post in this thread.
Has contributed one post and that's the bitch about Cleveland I'm smelling troll.
WSS
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Can't argue with what he posted ..
It's old but at the time very relevant. There were 5 Ohio cities on the list in his link from Forbes.
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Can't argue with what he posted ..
It's old but at the time very relevant. There were 5 Ohio cities on the list in his link from Forbes.
Can't argue with what he posted ..
It's old but at the time very relevant. There were 5 Ohio cities on the list in his link from Forbes.
The hell I can't argue with what he posted. Why on earth would you ever think that bullshit is inarguable?
Again...here are the criteria that the article he posted used:
Our Misery Measure takes into account:
unemployment,
taxes (both sales and income),
commute times,
violent crime
and how its pro sports teams have fared over the past two years. We also factored in two indexes put together by Portland, Ore., researcher Bert Sperling that gauge
weather and
Superfund pollution sites. (Superfund sites are ground pollution issues. Why is not air and water pollution a factor as well?
Lastly we considered corruption based on convictions of public officials in each area as tracked by the Public Integrity Section of the U.S. Department of Justice. (I am trying to figure out how this particular matter has anything to do with overall happiness)
I guess I could go through these all again and demonstrate how Cleveland is NOT anywhere near at the top of these lists than many, many other cities.
If I were to get updated to 2018 data....similar to what I had put on here before, again, I can guarantee that a city like San Diego suffers even worse in all these categories than does Cleveland. Hell...as I said, they had another sports team leave town....where Cleveland had teams in the sports championship finals 5 times in the last 5-6 years.
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Unemployment for 2019:
https://www.bls.gov/web/metro/laummtrk.htm
Cleveland at 4.7%. About average for all US metro areas.
All of the following had higher:
Danville, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area
4.7 308 Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area
4.7 308 New Bern, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
4.7 308 Waterbury, CT Metropolitan NECTA
4.7 308 Wheeling, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area
4.7 308 Clarksville, TN-KY Metropolitan Statistical Area
4.8 316 Goldsboro, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
4.8 316 Greensboro-High Point, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
4.8 316 Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metropolitan Statistical Area
4.8 316 Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area
4.8 316 Salinas, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
4.8 316 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area
4.8 316 Baton Rouge, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area
4.9 323 East Stroudsburg, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area
4.9 323 Prescott, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area
4.9 323 Bay City, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.0 326 Beckley, WV Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.0 326 Decatur, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.0 326 New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.0 326 Tucson, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.0 326 Grants Pass, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.1 331 Saginaw, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.1 331 Sebring, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.1 331 Walla Walla, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.1 331 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.2 335 Chico, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.2 335 Greenville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.2 335 Hattiesburg, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.2 335 Homosassa Springs, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.2 335 Houma-Thibodaux, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.2 335 Lafayette, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.2 335 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.2 335 The Villages, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.2 335 Albuquerque, NM Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.3 344 Jackson, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.3 344 Jacksonville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.3 344 Johnstown, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.3 344 Kennewick-Richland, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.3 344 Olympia-Tumwater, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.3 344 Rockford, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.3 344 Bellingham, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.4 351 Fairbanks, AK Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.4 351 Flint, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.4 351 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.4 351 Pine Bluff, AR Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.4 351 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.5 356 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.6 357 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.6 357 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.6 357 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.6 357 Alexandria, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.7 361 Anchorage, AK Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.7 361 Fayetteville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.7 361 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.7 361 Monroe, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.8 365 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.8 365 Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.9 367 Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area
5.9 367 Stockton-Lodi, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
6.0 369 Flagstaff, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area
6.1 370 Rocky Mount, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
6.1 370 Hammond, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area
6.2 372 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area
6.2 372 Yakima, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area
6.2 372 Farmington, NM Metropolitan Statistical Area
6.3 375 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area
6.3 375 Las Cruces, NM Metropolitan Statistical Area
6.3 375 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area
6.3 375 Modesto, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
6.5 379 Longview, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area
6.7 380 Yuba City, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
6.7 380 Madera, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
7.0 382 Fresno, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
7.1 383 Hanford-Corcoran, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
7.9 384 Bakersfield, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
8.0 385 Merced, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
8.1 386 Visalia-Porterville, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
9.1 387 El Centro, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area
18.6 388 Yuma, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area
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Taxes:
Cleveland NOT in the top 25 in taxes among major US cities.
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Commute times:
https://www.businessinsider.com/worst-commutes-in-us-ranked-2019-6
Cleveland not in the Top 50 of worst commute times
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Superfund/pollution:
This website gives the worst cities in America...combining groud/water/air
https://www.forbes.com/2011/02/28/most-toxic-cities-personal-finance_slide.html#199bcecb49a8
Cleveland NOT listed.
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Sports "misery".
While Cleveland could have had this claim for a while....it is no longer the case:
Cavs 4 straight finals and a title. Indians in the World Series.
Compare to these:
San Diego...no title since 1963. Two teams left town. Clippers/Chargers
Buffalo...no title since 1965.
Milwaukee...no title since 1971....unless you count the Packers
Portland...not title since 1977
Salt Lake City....no title since early 70s
While these are newer markets....places like Charlotte/Nashville/Memphis/Orlando/Jacksonville/Las Vegas/OK City/ and others have never had a team win a title.
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Crime rate:
Cleveland's is not good, may just in or just outside the Top Ten....but no worse than all these towns ahead of it:
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/most-dangerous-cities-in-the-united-states.html
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Weather:
Highly...highly subjective.
I have ALWAYS said a winter in Cleveland is better than a summer anywhere in the south.
Here is one opinion....which includes bad cold weather cities, and bad hot weather cities:
So...Cleveland better than Houston/LA/Orlando/Jacksonville/Tampa/Portland/Seattle/New Orleans/Mobile/Dallas/Las Vegas/Phoenix/Tuscon
So Bob Vila agrees essentially with me.
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Can't argue with what he posted ..
It's old but at the time very relevant. There were 5 Ohio cities on the list in his link from Forbes.
The hell I can't argue with what he posted. Why on earth would you ever think that bullshit is inarguable?
Again...here are the criteria that the article he posted used:
Our Misery Measure takes into account:
unemployment,
taxes (both sales and income),
commute times,
violent crime
and how its pro sports teams have fared over the past two years. We also factored in two indexes put together by Portland, Ore., researcher Bert Sperling that gauge
weather and
Superfund pollution sites. (Superfund sites are ground pollution issues. Why is not air and water pollution a factor as well?
Lastly we considered corruption based on convictions of public officials in each area as tracked by the Public Integrity Section of the U.S. Department of Justice. (I am trying to figure out how this particular matter has anything to do with overall happiness)
I guess I could go through these all again and demonstrate how Cleveland is NOT anywhere near at the top of these lists than many, many other cities.
If I were to get updated to 2018 data....similar to what I had put on here before, again, I can guarantee that a city like San Diego suffers even worse in all these categories than does Cleveland. Hell...as I said, they had another sports team leave town....where Cleveland had teams in the sports championship finals 5 times in the last 5-6 years.
The hell I can't argue with what he posted. Why on earth would you ever think that bullshit is inarguable?
Why? I'm not a blind homer, .. Plus it was damn near 10 yrs ago.. Who gives a shit?
The man posted a link to a Forbes list as of 2010.. This was at the time when you started this misguided thread.. There ARE 5 Ohio cities on that Forbes list... You stated " Some peckerwood troll claimed that Ohio had the Five most miserable cities in the country per Forbes magazine".. I don't know who this guy is/was or if he was the "peckerwood troll" you referred to because this was before my time here.. But the man DID break it off in your ass with proof.. That much is inarguable.. And THAT was my point...All the rest has been silly deflection...
Why use a one time puppet name of baseballboomhaue? No idea.. Maybe the Forbes writer's last name holds a clue.. Perhaps he simply wanted to escape the pointless rage googling...
Our musical works to date http://www.arielsatticmusic.com/ -
The hell I can't argue with what he posted. Why on earth would you ever think that bullshit is inarguable?
Why? I'm not a blind homer, .. Plus it was damn near 10 yrs ago.. Who gives a shit?
The man posted a link to a Forbes list as of 2010.. This was at the time when you started this misguided thread.. There ARE 5 Ohio cities on that Forbes list... You stated " Some peckerwood troll claimed that Ohio had the Five most miserable cities in the country per Forbes magazine".. I don't know who this guy is/was or if he was the "peckerwood troll" you referred to because this was before my time here.. But the man DID break it off in your ass with proof.. That much is inarguable.. And THAT was my point...All the rest has been silly deflection...
Why use a one time puppet name of baseballboomhaue? No idea.. Maybe the Forbes writer's last name holds a clue.. Perhaps he simply wanted to escape the pointless rage googling...
Why? I'm not a blind homer, .. Plus it was damn near 10 yrs ago.. Who gives a shit?
You, apparently...since you keep bringing it up.
The man posted a link to a Forbes list as of 2010.. This was at the time when you started this misguided thread.. There ARE 5 Ohio cities on that Forbes list... You stated " Some peckerwood troll claimed that Ohio had the Five most miserable cities in the country per Forbes magazine".. I don't know who this guy is/was or if he was the "peckerwood troll" you referred to because this was before my time here.. But the man DID break it off in your ass with proof.. That much is inarguable.. And THAT was my point...All the rest has been silly deflection...
Why use a one time puppet name of baseballboomhaue? No idea.. Maybe the Forbes writer's last name holds a clue.. Perhaps he simply wanted to escape the pointless rage googling...
Does your obtuseness know no bounds. Forbes...or whomever can claim whatever they want...and I am free to challenge what they claim...based on their own criteria. I challenged it then and showed it was BS...based on their own criteria....and I challenged it again just now...8-9 years later...based on their own criteria, and again showed that it was BS.
You say, apparently that you can't argue with what someone says.....simply because they say it. Why then, Can I make any unsubstantiated statement about anything and have you declare it incapable or being argued with?
I could say that Axe is a shitty guitar player with 5 thumbs on each hand. Would you not want to take issue, and argue with that?
(by the way, the same said Forbes magazine stated that my son's school, Kenyon, had the most beautiful college campus in the world. I didn't disagree with that.....but maybe other would. So, you see, it can all be subjective sometimes. But when you set out specific criteria...and do NOT adhere to that...you are subject to challenge.
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Why? I'm not a blind homer, .. Plus it was damn near 10 yrs ago.. Who gives a shit?
You, apparently...since you keep bringing it up.
The man posted a link to a Forbes list as of 2010.. This was at the time when you started this misguided thread.. There ARE 5 Ohio cities on that Forbes list... You stated " Some peckerwood troll claimed that Ohio had the Five most miserable cities in the country per Forbes magazine".. I don't know who this guy is/was or if he was the "peckerwood troll" you referred to because this was before my time here.. But the man DID break it off in your ass with proof.. That much is inarguable.. And THAT was my point...All the rest has been silly deflection...
Why use a one time puppet name of baseballboomhaue? No idea.. Maybe the Forbes writer's last name holds a clue.. Perhaps he simply wanted to escape the pointless rage googling...
Does your obtuseness know no bounds. Forbes...or whomever can claim whatever they want...and I am free to challenge what they claim...based on their own criteria. I challenged it then and showed it was BS...based on their own criteria....and I challenged it again just now...8-9 years later...based on their own criteria, and again showed that it was BS.
You say, apparently that you can't argue with what someone says.....simply because they say it. Why then, Can I make any unsubstantiated statement about anything and have you declare it incapable or being argued with?
I could say that Axe is a shitty guitar player with 5 thumbs on each hand. Would you not want to take issue, and argue with that?
(by the way, the same said Forbes magazine stated that my son's school, Kenyon, had the most beautiful college campus in the world. I didn't disagree with that.....but maybe other would. So, you see, it can all be subjective sometimes. But when you set out specific criteria...and do NOT adhere to that...you are subject to challenge.
I keep bringing it up? WTF are you talking about?
You posted " Some peckerwood troll claimed that Ohio had the Five most miserable cities in the country per Forbes magazine ""..
Then someone posted a link to the Forbes magazine article in which 5 Ohio cities" WERE listed!! Talk about obtuse.. ?
I could say that Axe is a shitty guitar player with 5 thumbs on each hand. Would you not want to take issue, and argue with that?
I honestly wouldn't give a shit. You get used to people that don't like what you do along with those that do.. As long as those that do greatly outnumber those that don't then I'm happy..
Here.. I'll prove I'm a shitty guitarist.. The latest release "Against My Will"
Our musical works to date http://www.arielsatticmusic.com/ -
I keep bringing it up? WTF are you talking about?
You posted " Some peckerwood troll claimed that Ohio had the Five most miserable cities in the country per Forbes magazine ""..
Then someone posted a link to the Forbes magazine article in which 5 Ohio cities" WERE listed!! Talk about obtuse.. ?
I could say that Axe is a shitty guitar player with 5 thumbs on each hand. Would you not want to take issue, and argue with that?
I honestly wouldn't give a shit. You get used to people that don't like what you do along with those that do.. As long as those that do greatly outnumber those that don't then I'm happy..
Here.. I'll prove I'm a shitty guitarist.. The latest release "Against My Will"
I keep bringing it up? WTF are you talking about?
You posted " Some peckerwood troll claimed that Ohio had the Five most miserable cities in the country per Forbes magazine ""..
Then someone posted a link to the Forbes magazine article in which 5 Ohio cities" WERE listed!! Talk about obtuse.. ?
I could say that Axe is a shitty guitar player with 5 thumbs on each hand. Would you not want to take issue, and argue with that?
I honestly wouldn't give a shit. You get used to people that don't like what you do along with those that do.. As long as those that do greatly outnumber those that don't then I'm happy..
Here.. I'll prove I'm a shitty guitarist.. The latest release "Against My Will"
You know that I was just yanking your chain with the guitar comment
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I keep bringing it up? WTF are you talking about?
You posted " Some peckerwood troll claimed that Ohio had the Five most miserable cities in the country per Forbes magazine ""..
Then someone posted a link to the Forbes magazine article in which 5 Ohio cities" WERE listed!! Talk about obtuse.. ?
I could say that Axe is a shitty guitar player with 5 thumbs on each hand. Would you not want to take issue, and argue with that?
I honestly wouldn't give a shit. You get used to people that don't like what you do along with those that do.. As long as those that do greatly outnumber those that don't then I'm happy..
Here.. I'll prove I'm a shitty guitarist.. The latest release "Against My Will"
You know that I was just yanking your chain with the guitar comment
You know that I was just yanking your chain with the guitar comment
Oh absolutely
And any publicity is good publicity
Let me rephrase that, I try not to miss an opportunity to promote our wares
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