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   Shades of Obama's economic incompetence.  Flash forward to Joe   
   Biden in 2022.  The stench of Obama is everywhere.   
      
   The most miserable city in the US is Gary, Indiana.   
   The state with the most miserable cities is California, with 10.   
   New Jersey is close behind, with nine, and Florida comes in   
   third, with six.   
   These cities have things in common — few opportunities,   
   devastation from natural disasters, high crime and addiction   
   rates, and often many abandoned houses.   
      
   Not the worst, just the most miserable.   
      
   We've identified the 50 most miserable cities in the US, using   
   census data from 1,000 cities, taking into consideration   
   population change (because if people are leaving it's usually   
   for a good reason), the percentage of people working, median   
   household incomes, the percentage of people without healthcare,   
   median commute times, and the number of people living in   
   poverty. (See the data and how we weighted it here.)   
      
   Often, these cities have been devastated by natural disasters.   
   They've had to deal with blight and with high crime rates.   
   Economies have struggled after industry has collapsed. These   
   cities also tend to have high rates of addiction.   
      
   The state with the most miserable cities was California, with 10   
   in the top 50. New Jersey was second, with nine, and Florida had   
   six.   
      
   Here are the 50 most miserable cities in the US, based on US   
   census data.   
      
   Editor's Note: We have updated the story headline to make clear   
   that the ranking was based on US census data, and included a   
   link to the data in the story.   
      
   50. Lancaster, California   
      
   Lancaster, a desert town, has almost 160,000 people, 51% of whom   
   work, and 23% of whom live in poverty. It's had crime problems,   
   both with meth addiction and neo-Nazis. But Mayor R. Rex Parris   
   is doing what he can to kickstart the city, including looking to   
   China for investment.   
      
   49. St Louis   
      
   St. Louis has almost 303,000 people, but it lost 5% from 2010 to   
   2018. Sixty-five percent of people work, and one quarter are   
   living in poverty.   
      
   The city has struggled with crime and gun violence. In 2015,   
   killings rose 33% from the year before to 159 deaths. The city   
   has relatively relaxed gun laws, including allowing people to   
   carry loaded guns in cars without permits. Then-Mayor Francis   
   Slay said in early 2015 that crime was the No. 1 priority for   
   the city.   
      
   48. Pasadena, Texas   
      
   Pasadena has 153,000 people, 65% of whom are working, and one-   
   fifth live in poverty. While the median income is $50,207,   
   nearly 29% of people don't have health insurance.   
      
   Mostly working-class, the city is based near petrochemical   
   plants and is known for its race issues. It used to be home to   
   the Texas headquarters of the Ku Klux Klan. Now, it's divided.   
   In the north it's primarily made up of Latino people and to the   
   south it's mostly white people.   
      
   47. Macon-Bibb County, Georgia   
      
   Macon-Bibb County has 153,000 people, but it lost 1.7% of its   
   population from 2010 to 2018. Fifty-six percent are working, and   
   26% live in poverty.   
      
   One of Macon-Bibb County's biggest problems is blight. Across   
   the city there are about 3,700 unoccupied buildings, including   
   dilapidated homes and overgrown yards.   
      
   1. Gary, Indiana   
      
   Gary has 75,000 residents but lost 6% from 2010 to 2018. Just   
   over half of the population works, and 36% live in poverty. The   
   most miserable city in the US was once a manufacturing mecca,   
   but those days are over.   
      
   A drug-enforcement agent who grew up in the area told The   
   Guardian in 2017: "We used to be the murder capital of the US,   
   but there is hardly anybody left to kill. We used to be the drug   
   capital of the US, but for that you need money, and there aren't   
   jobs or things to steal here."   
      
   When the jobs dried up, most white people left, and now 84% of   
   people living in Gary are African American. The city is   
   experimenting with plans to try to revitalize the area,   
   including selling abandoned homes for $1.   
      
   Run by Democrats.   
      
   https://www.businessinsider.com/most-miserable-cities-in-the-   
   united-states-based-on-data-2019-9#46-danville-virginia-5   
      
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