Wall Street Journal Ranks U.S.' Most Miserable Cities

The WSJ's annual Misery Index looked at unemployment rates, gas prices, and changes in home values to determine the rankings of 20 major US cities.

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April 7, 2011, 6:00 AM PDT

By Victor Negrete

The Top 10, according to the WSJ, are:

1. Phoenix

2. Portland

3. Seattle

4. Minneapolis

5. Los Angeles

6. Denver

7. Dallas

8. Las Vegas

9. Atlanta

10. San Francisco

Randal O'Toole, known as "The Antiplanner", thinks that the study is full of holes because it is using an inappropriate data source. .

FULL STORY: Misery Across the U.S.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 in The Wall Street Journal

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