Sweet Misery

There was on the interweb last week an article from Forbes which rated the misery level of American cities. Read it for yourself, here. The criteria by which this list was made are not immediately evident to me, but I am a yahoo article skimmer.  So, admittedly I could have missed the intense scientific misery calculations used in this study.  Sadly 8 of the 20 cities on the list are in California, mostly because we have been fucked the hardest by the housing crisis.  For example, the Hubbers and I spent roughly 8 billion dollars on our Hobbit house, which is now worth 50 cents.  This sucks ass for sure, but do not worry about us we will dig our way out even if it takes us 30 years.  Of course for many many others job losses or an irresponsible financial past have caused them to lose their homes.  I feel sorry for those who have lost their jobs.  I am kinda pissed at people who did stupid shit, but then hey I do stupid shit all time; so I try not to judge too harshly. 

Back to the list, California cities make up 4 of the top 5 on this 20 city list.  Most of these cities are not far from were we live.  And while things are bad here in California, I would like to remind people that this is still California and that this is a pretty sweet place to live even in bad times.  So before you other cities get to smug or before my fellow Californians lose hope (or move to Idaho) let me remind you of one things.  It was 73 degrees here yesterday, February 6th.  That is right, 73 degrees.