No. 3 most miserable: Knoxville, tn (2013, insurance, crime rate)

[Litefoot]

The Happiest (and Most Miserable) Cities in America

NO. 3 MOST MISERABLE: KNOXVILLE, TN

> Poverty rate: 17.5%

> 2013 unemployment rate: 6.9%

> Adult obesity rate: 30.1%

> Violent crimes per 100,000: 364.1

The Knoxville metro stands out for its wide swath of health related issues. In a 2012 survey, roughly 20% of the population reported to be in some form of ill-health. This is likely in part driven by city residents’ low levels of physical activity. Roughly a third of the population reported themselves as physically inactive.

Like in several other areas with low well-being, Knoxville metro residents are not especially wealthy. A typical household earned $45,051, lower than the national median household income of $52,250. The area’s poverty rate of 17.5% was also higher than the national rate.

[weisgarber1]

Originally Posted by Litefoot

The Happiest (and Most Miserable) Cities in America

NO. 3 MOST MISERABLE: KNOXVILLE, TN

> Poverty rate: 17.5%

> 2013 unemployment rate: 6.9%

> Adult obesity rate: 30.1%

> Violent crimes per 100,000: 364.1

The Knoxville metro stands out for its wide swath of health related issues. In a 2012 survey, roughly 20% of the population reported to be in some form of ill-health. This is likely in part driven by city residents’ low levels of physical activity. Roughly a third of the population reported themselves as physically inactive.

Like in several other areas with low well-being, Knoxville metro residents are not especially wealthy. A typical household earned $45,051, lower than the national median household income of $52,250. The area’s poverty rate of 17.5% was also higher than the national rate.

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[onetoughkitty]

This thing is dumb. I mean look at the #5 Most Happiest. Worse employment rate, worse poverty rate but obesity rate is lower. If you're going to say that they correlate, make sure they do across all. They didn't even report wages for El Paso They didn't even specify an obesity rate for Raleigh or Winston whose poverty rates and unemployment and crime data were worse or on par with Knoxville. Unless they want to supply more data, I wouldn't trust this.

No. 5 Happiest: El Paso, TX

> Poverty rate: 22.6%
> 2013 unemployment rate: 8.6%
> Adult obesity rate: 25.4%
> Violent crimes per 100,000: 347.3
Nearly 25% of El Paso households relied on food stamps, 28.4% had no health insurance, and 22.6% lived in poverty in 2013, all some of the higher rates nationwide — exceptionally high compared to other areas with the highest well-being. In addition, less than three-quarters of adults had at least a high school diploma, nearly the lowest such rate nationwide. Yet residents still reported the fifth highest overall level of well-being.
Relatively strong health indicators partly explain the high well-being. Just over 25% of residents were obese, one of the lower rates compared to other metro areas. The infant mortality rate of 4.4 deaths per 1,000 live births was also one of the lower figures in the nation. Also, El Paso’s job market has been improving at a healthy pace. While the 2013 annual unemployment rate of 8.6% was well above the national rate, it fell to 5.6% in December, roughly in line with the nation.

[onetoughkitty]

Soooo... is it basically telling me that people in Knoxville need to work out more to be more happy? I guess the city better start recruiting some more Planet Fitness, 24 Hour Fitness, UFC Gyms, LA Fitness, Youfit, etc.

[weisgarber1]

Originally Posted by onetoughkitty

Soooo... is it basically telling me that people in Knoxville need to work out more to be more happy? I guess the city better start recruiting some more Planet Fitness, 24 Hour Fitness, UFC Gyms, LA Fitness, Youfit, etc.

This survey seemed to be "loaded/skewed" to distort and malign rather than present an objective, legitimate, random sample survey.

[TheShadow]

This article is total BS. Our median income is lower, but so is our cost of living. DUH!

How does a city with a higher poverty rate and higher unemployment rate, and virtually the same crime rate as Knoxville qualify as #5 happiest, and we have lower poverty level and lower unemployment and we are in the most "miserable"? And just how many cities did they look at?? Personally, I have never met a miserable Knoxvillian.

[onetoughkitty]

They provided absolutely zero data for the #1 most happiest place. It almost seems like they just picked it out of a hat then threw in a random stat for kicks and giggles.

Ugh. And these are people on Wall Street who put these figures together, right?

[tntim]

Gee, I didn't know that I am this miserable.

I'm glad them big city fellers let us hillbillies know how bad off we really are.

[DubbleT]

Duh, it's all those poor, miserable university students dontcha know?

[UKWildcat1981]

Originally Posted by DubbleT

Duh, it's all those poor, miserable university students dontcha know?

it's all Obama's fault lol