Forbes rates Charlotte as America's 9th-most-miserable city.

Here's the super-scientific formula and analysis:

Commute times 96
Income tax rates 107
Superfund sites 97
Unemployment 97
Violent crimes 140
Weather 88

Misery Measure 625

Charlotte ranked in the bottom 50% of all six categories that we examined. Its worst showing was in violent crimes (838 crimes per 100,000 residents). As home to banking giants Bank of America and Wachovia, Charlotte could see an uptick in unemployment, thanks to the problems at those banks.

Difficult as it is for a GSO boy to stick up for Charlotte, and real as some of the metrics applied may be, it's a pretty meaningless list.

(thnx to alert reader FG for the tip)

Comments

[Jeffrey Sykes]

Why does Forbes hate Pat McCrory?

[Lex]

When did Charlotte get an income tax?

[Frank]

Hey, they finally beat out Atlanta!

[justvorbly]

I was in Charlotte, once. Thought it might have been Atlanta. Haven't been back.

(That's discounting airports, which seems to me the only rational reason to be near either city.)