One year ago Forbes proclaimed Cleveland the most miserable city in the history of miserable cities. We did not take kindly to the honor.
Forbes has just released their updated rankings, and — guess what? — Cleveland is no longer holding down the top spot.
(We’ll take full credit for the change in ranking. Forbes must have read our groundbreaking feature story on why Cleveland is the best place in the world, a city that Rome would have modeled itself after had Cleveland been built first, and changed their minds.)
The Forest City still comes in at No. 10 on the list, but we’ll consider this progress. And we’ll also reevaluate our decision to punch Forbes in the nuts. Maybe.
The new most miserable city in America is Stockton, California, which is not interesting at all because it’s in California. Here’s what they had to say about Cleveland:
This article appears in Feb 2-8, 2011.
Forbes is for the birds, because they said the homevalues stayed better then in lots of cities. Please, tell that about the value of my house. They went probably by what we pay on property taxes, yes, but the value of my home is 65 % lower then what I have to pay for my property taxes. Cuyahoga county is cheating the local homebuyrs, so that the politicians in Cleveland, pay a lot less for their property taxes, then the regular people. Corruption runs high and this Mayor needs to go. CMHA and City Hall, hired each others relatives.
Forbes is a magazine, and like most magazines are on the way out, that’s why they have to insult people to get some attention, and that only lasts for so long. Bye Bye Forbes, in case you go out before next year Rankings release.