Portland Oregon-dank, dreary, and depressing.

[Popeye the Sailor]

I knew it!



http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_030209_news_portland_unhappy_city.1c81f7b4.html

Is Portland the unhappiest city in America?

04:21 PM PST on Monday, March 2, 2009

By FRANK MUNGEAM, Kgw.com Staff


The Rose City is no Disneyland, if a new survey is to be believed.

Portland is the unhappiest city in America, according to a ranking published in Business Week.

In an article entitled “Recession Takes Its Emotional Toll on Cities”, BusinessWeek.com presents its ranking of the “20 unhappiest cities” in American, and Portland comes out on top â€" or the bottom, depending on how you look at it.

According to the magazine's rankings, Portlanders were even more unhappy than those in living in unhappy cities like Detroit, Las Vegas, and New Orleans.

“We gave most emphasis to suicide and depression rates, crime, and economic factors,” writes Prashant Gopal in the story.

According to the article, Portland fared worst of the cities measured due to high depression and suicide rates.

The story cites a 71% year-to-year jump in calls to Oregon's suicide and drug and alcohol helpline. The suicide data, according to the article, were five years old.

Cities were ranked based on their rates of suicide, depression, divorce, unemployment, job loss, population loss, crime, amount of green space, and cloudy days.

[jdubbs32584]

Good! More negative press means more people staying away!

*grump*

[Mother]

it's working

[Bick]

it's working

Truth in advertising?

[Porsche Monkey]

So Mom does that mean business is good?

[krolik]

The only solution is to drink more beer.

[IZ]

Good! More negative press means more people staying away!

*grump*

I hope you can make it in the NW longer than I did JBub!

It really is a beautiful place!  I especially enjoyed my visit to the PDX.  The Ducatisti there are top notch!   

You just have to find things to keep you occupied during those 10 months of rain and gloom!

[Mother]

So Mom does that mean business is good?

It is

the obvious crowd favorite is a rifle or shotgun

but

The participants usually go for the pills

Seconded by the knife

Followed by the rope

and rarely do they succeed

although, the more rare the method, the higher the success rate

[Ddan]

It is

the obvious crowd favorite is a rifle or shotgun

but

The participants usually go for the pills

Seconded by the knife

Followed by the rope

and rarely do they succeed

although, the more rare the method, the higher the success rate

A clear business opportunity, you could start a school.

[cyrus buelton]

The only solution is to drink more beer.

but they are about to slap another tax on it!

[the_Journeyman]

I'll just brew me some mead ~

JM

[DCXCV]

It is

the obvious crowd favorite is a rifle or shotgun

but

The participants usually go for the pills

Seconded by the knife

Followed by the rope

and rarely do they succeed

although, the more rare the method, the higher the success rate

I've always thought that must be the most depressing thing of all...

[lauramonster]

so you're saying ther're depressed AND STUPID!!!!!   

Kinda like perverted darwinianism!!!

[Doctor Woodrow]

Good! More negative press means more people staying away!

*grump*

I agree, and if you do come to Portland, stay on your side of the dang river! The North side is my turf, and it's crowded enough as it is.

The Doc

[Mother]

The North side? Are you in the 'couv' Doc?