Friday, February 13, 2009

Orlando Made it Under the Radar...this time

Fla. City Among 'Most Miserable' In U.S.
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MIAMI -- A Florida Congresswoman is calling out Forbes magazine for including Miami in its list of Top 10 Most Miserable Cities in the country. The publication ranked major metropolitan areas on nine factors, including commute times, unemployment and weather.

I guess Forbes didn’t take a very close look at Orlando. The highways here are just as bad as Miami, and with the road construction they could even be worse. Of course, unemployment here is soaring with all of the layoffs. Here is the quote that got me started:

It docked Miami for its level of violent crime and corruption, and said the city "has been crushed by the housing collapse."

It should be noted that Miami ranked number thirty five this year as the most dangerous city in the U.S. while Orlando beat Miami out by being ranked eighteenth most dangerous city in the nation. As far as the real estate market goes, has anyone looked at all of the foreclosed homes? If you check statistically, home values here have plummeted.

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