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Monday, February 11, 2008

Attention, Cleveland

I know you are damn cold. 7 degrees for the past 2 days, I hear. Despite this, I thought you'd all like to know that according to Forbes, Cleveland is NOT among the top 10 most miserable cities in the U.S. Whaaaaaa?
That's right. Hard to believe especially when some of the top 10 do include NYC., Philly, L.A., Chicago, Charlotte NC and Providence RI and Stockton and Modesto , CA. Detroit and Flint Mi are the other two, both in the top 3 not surprising, many might expect cleveland to round out the top 3, but no sir.
The rankings are based on commute time, taxes, weather, unemployment and violent crime stats. Now that i think of it, no Baltimore either! Granted, I've spent no time there so have no idea but I'm always reading about how damn realistic the wire is.
Anyhow, Clevelanders should swell with some pride here, I think. Maybe have a par-tay. At the very least call some attention to this miraculous happening. Spread the word, what have you.
In the immortal words of fat boy drew carey, cleveland rocks.
I know it's February and you're all pissed off and depressed. That is because you need to visit a sunny place like santa fe where winter does not have any negative connotations, other that the mass exodus of any driving skill, what little there was to begin with , for all these cowboys in their monster trucks or tricked out hondas. Scary. But seriously, come visit. Don't worry about the bad drivers. We're insured.

4 Comments:

Blogger JHM said...

I'm glad we're not in the top ten, but let me tell you...in addition to the extreme cold, now there is icy rain coming down and snow...and then the stupid Plain Dealer does a front page article about how many days of sun we get a year (its only in the double digits...seriously.). So we must be KICKING ASS in the commute time; because unemployment and violent crimes also seem to be right up there.
Oh yes, the Ode to Cleveland in February rant. We all have one in us. Let's hear them. Its good to get it out.

4:38 PM

 
Blogger Dr. J said...

Fuck Cleveland and Forbes...we are now in like our l0th day in a row without sun and it's freezing rain and snowing at the moment. WTF how do they measure commute time, there is NONE in Cleveland, no people, no traffic....honestly I drive around at night and see no other cars, it;s akin to a freakin ghost-town. That's my rant. Winter sucks, I eat lots and watch the Wire (again)

10:18 PM

 
Blogger Silk E. said...

my last cleveland feb would have been the '06 when i had a $950 gas bill and i was giving some serious consideration to joining the peace corps. and requesting an east timor assignment.
i believe things in east timor were as bad as they are now.
that may not qualify as a rant, which is hard to muster/ recall as i am not there now, but should give a good idea.
vikki has some great cleve. feb. recollections. poetic, like poe. bring it, vikki.

11:43 PM

 
Blogger Lego said...

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration the mean number of sunny days in Cleveland is 66. I need to move to the southwest, it is for sure now.

11:56 PM

 

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