Green Options » misery index http://greenoptions.com/tag/misery-index Posts tagged 'misery index' Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:20:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Toxic Waste + Traffic + Weather = Misery http://ecoscraps.com/2008/02/12/toxic-waste-traffic-weather-misery/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/02/12/toxic-waste-traffic-weather-misery/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:20:06 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecoscraps.com/2008/02/12/toxic-waste-traffic-weather-misery/ Smokestack of Greater Detroit Resource Recovery Facility waste-to-energy plant. (Photo by Wikimedia Commons user Gyre.)Detroit tops the list of most miserable cities in the U.S., according to a new compilation by Forbes. The conclusions are based on traffic, Superfund-site data, crime, weather, income tax rates and unemployment. The list also includes Stockton, California; Flint, Michigan; New York City; and Philadelphia.

Photo courtesy of Gyre via Wikimedia Commons.

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