False,
well kind of. According to Patricia
Reaney’s article for Reuters Cleveland is the most miserable place. This is
attributed to high unemployment, dismal weather, hefty taxes, corruption, and mediocre
sports teams, which is why it made the Forbes.com
list.
This is
all crap we’ve heard before including the statements on Forbes’ website, “Cleveland
nabbed that top stop as a result of poor ratings across the board. It was the
only city that fell in the bottom half of rankings in all nine categories. The city
has been dubbed with a less than endearing nickname: the Mistake by the Lake.”
Well, that’s just not true, “Mistake on the Lake.”
The
rankings included jobless rates, inflation, taxes, commuting times, crime
rates, performance by the city’s sports teams, weather, pollution, and
corruption by public officials. This article isn’t exactly accurate…Cleveland
has had what we’ve called a crippling depression for the better part of the
last few decades. Additionally, the assertion that the foreclosure crisis has
hit Cleveland hard in the last year, well yeah, but it started in 2007…in
44105. Seriously, my parent’s block had 13 houses torn down, it looks like a
war zone. But the houses have been vacant for a while. I guess it feels like someone
just figured out how bad it is, but they aren’t really interested in addressing
why just ripping on Cleveland.
The Forbes.com
list is dominated by Midwestern cities including Detroit and Flint. The cite
stated, “A lot of the cities that showed up on our list are going through hard
times right now, dealing with high unemployment, with declining manufacturing
bases. Many have experienced strong net migrations out of the city over the
last 20 and 30 years.”
