[lbo-talk] America's unhappiest cities

[Miles Jackson]

Doug Henwood wrote:
> To get a sense of where the pain points are greatest, BusinessWeek.com 
> came up with a list of the 20 unhappiest cities. These are major 
> cities that were ranked based on their rates of suicide, depression, 
> divorce, unemployment, job loss, population loss, crime, amount of 
> green space and cloudy days. BusinessWeek.com gave most emphasis to 
> suicide and depression rates, crime and economic factors. The city 
> with the highest overall score in our index was Portland, the 
> beautiful Oregon city that also has very high depression and suicide 
> rates. St. Louis, New Orleans and Detroit were high on the list, 
> largely because of their rates of crime, unemployment and population 
> loss. Other cities such as Las Vegas and Jacksonville, Fla., ranked 
> high because of their suicide rates and difficult economic conditions. 
Cloudy days are an indicator of unhappiness!?  We like cloudy days in 
Portland!

Miles