Akron is miserable. Youngstown is less miserable. Canton is more miserable. Cleveland is the most miserable. Well at least the four Northeast Ohio cities are miserable by FORBES standards.

FORBES magazine recently assessed the top 200 US metro areas based on a “Misery Measure” which takes into account unemployment, taxes (both sales and income), commute times, violent crime and how a city’s pro sports teams have fared over the past two years. It also factors in weather and pollution sites. Lastly, it considers corruption based on convictions of public officials in each area as tracked by the Public Integrity Section of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Based on this scale the buckeye state has 25% of the miserable cities in America. Times are clearly tough, but are they miserable? Clearly the weather and Cleveland Sports teams bring all of Northeast Ohio down. Based on opinion, readership, circulation, content, advertising sales, creativity, and design FORBES magazine has been ranked most miserable magazine in 2010 by I Tire Akron.

Below is a miserable photo of attractive yuppie Akronites taken from the most miserable magazine, FORBES.

The 20 Miserable Cities by rank:
1. Cleveland, Ohio
2. Stockton, California
3. Memphis, Tennessee
4. Detroit, Michigan
5. Flint, Michigan
6. Miami, Florida
7. St. Louis, Missouri
8. Buffalo, New York
9. Canton, Ohio
10. Chicago, Illinois
11. Modesto, California
12. Akron, Ohio
13. Kansas City, Missouri
14. Rockford, Illinois
15. Toledo, Ohio
16. New York, New York
17. Sacramento, California
18. Youngstown, Ohio
19. Gary, Indiana
20. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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More than 285 million people visited national parks and other branches of the National Parks during 2008, up 10 million from the year prior. Thank you Ken Burns! Ohio’s only National Park came in at #8! Here are the top 10 visited National Parks: Great Smoky Mountains, Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Yellowstone, Olympic, Rocky Mountain, Zion, Cuyahoga Valley, Grand Teton, and Acadia.

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Akron Preview - Cleveland International Film Fest March 4th

For the fourth year, WKSU joins with the Cleveland Film Society to give Akron movie lovers an exclusive preview of this year’s collection of outstanding American and independent cinema offered during the 34th Cleveland International Film Festival. On Thursday, March 4 beginning at 5:30 p.m., gather at the Akron Civic Theatre in downtown Akron for a free event featuring tasty treats from Whole Foods, a cash bar, and a debut of the trailer for the 34th CIFF. There will also be clips highlighting some of the standout festival entries for 2010 and drawings for exciting prizes – including a pair of All-Access passes for the 34th CIFF and an overnight stay in one of Cleveland’s premiere hotels.

Guests will also enjoy music from David Rice, Susie Goehring, Lynn Frederick and Kevin Richards – all members of ROAM (Roots of American Music) and featured in the documentary One Voice Ohio, a festival selection.

The theatre is located at 182 S. Main St. and there is plenty of city parking nearby, which is free after 6 p.m. The 34th CIFF returns to Tower City Cinemas at Tower City Center in downtown Cleveland from March 18 through 28. For more on the festival, visit www.ClevelandFilm.org.

Please RSVP at WKSU.org if you plan on attending the preview party. You are not required to print a voucher and the event is free and open to the general public.

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We hope 2010 is as big as the USS Akron airship.

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This is what Akron, Ohio sounds like today.

PS- I really like adding videos to this website.

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Gil Mantera’s Party Dream is playing Musica this Saturday 12/5 and Norah Jones will be playing EJ Thomas 3/11/10.

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Akron, Ohio is on top of the list!

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