Portland ranked unhappiest city in America

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psshhhh. Portland makes me the happiest. Corvallis is way more depressing than Portland is.
 
Anima said:
How depressing
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Yeah, that is, until I get there!


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I think Portland is the kind of place that takes some adjustment. I live part of the year in a town where it's sunny 315 days a year, and it drives me nuts. I love fog and mist in the morning and a nice overcast day. I had a couple of friends who were transferred to Portland and absolutely hated it. The darkness and gloom in the winter really got to them. For me, it makes me as happy as a pig in slop. Drizzle doesn't change what I do outside. Here in Denver, if it's even overcast, people are less likely to go outside.

One more thing: considering that the amount of green space in a city was a factor in the rankings, it shows how far off the chart Portland is in the other areas. We have more green space per square mile than any other US city I believe.
 
maxiep said:
I think Portland is the kind of place that takes some adjustment. I live part of the year in a town where it's sunny 315 days a year, and it drives me nuts. I love fog and mist in the morning and a nice overcast day.
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I thought it was just my brother who was like that... I personally don't see how anyone prefers overcast to sunlight, but that's just me.
 
JE said:
I thought it was just my brother who was like that... I personally don't see how anyone prefers overcast to sunlight, but that's just me.
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I prefer overcast to sunlight also. Especially with wind. I love the feel of wind. I guess I prefer the seasons of fall and winter to spring and summer.
 
I prefer sunshine. The ladies get a tan and wear less clothing/show more skin. :)
 
>10% unemployment and increasing on a daily basis, a mayor who dates 17 year-olds and ignores his own supporters who have turned on him, hordes of ever-increasing homeless people in the downtown area, and a governor who appears on the front page of the local paper begging for handouts from the federal government.

What's not to be happy about?
 
BeerBoy said:
Portland Trail Blazers
Micro Breweries
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The Democrats plan on taxing our microbrewries a 1900% increase. So once that happens, we'll have the "privilege" of our local brewries either going out of business or selling to a giant like AB or Miller.

So, I guess we have the Trail Blazers left...until the upcoming lockout.
 
This survey is obviously flawed. Everyone knows the unhappiest city in America has to be the city that MIXUM lives in. Which I believe is somewhere in NY/NJ.

-Pop
 
SodaPopinski said:
This survey is obviously flawed. Everyone knows the unhappiest city in America has to be the city that MIXUM lives in. Which I believe is somewhere in NY/NJ.

-Pop
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I think it's a suburb of Hartford. And if you've ever been to the insurance capital of the US, it's not far from the truth.
 
Portland is full of liberals who have a very pessimistic view of life. They believe that everyone has been victimized, oppressed, or exploited in some way by the ruling elite, and that there is no God, no justice, and no ultimate redemption. No wonder they're depressed.
 
Shooter said:
Portland is full of liberals who have a very pessimistic view of life. They believe that everyone has been victimized, oppressed, or exploited in some way by the ruling elite, and that there is no God, no justice, and no ultimate redemption. No wonder they're depressed.
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Also we kick puppies and eat nothing but rice crackers because we loathe anything that falls above "bland" in the taste-meter. Additionally we caused the Holocaust, shot JFK and were solely responsible for Seinfeld going off the air. And AIDS? Yep, that was us.

-Pop
 
Shooter said:
Portland is full of liberals who have a very pessimistic view of life. They believe that everyone has been victimized, oppressed, or exploited in some way by the ruling elite, and that there is no God, no justice, and no ultimate redemption. No wonder they're depressed.
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:rolleyes:


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Shooter said:
Republicans have a very pessimistic view of life. They believe that they have been victimized, oppressed, and exploited in some way by the media, and "intellectual elite" (their own words) and that there is a God with hateful, jealous, vindictive justice, and no ultimate redemption for those that do not agree with them lock and step. No wonder they're so angry.
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Fickst!
 
The criteria is ridiculously flawed, but then what would Business Week know of happiness?

Seriously.
 
Shooter said:
Portland is full of liberals who have a very pessimistic view of life. They believe that everyone has been victimized, oppressed, or exploited in some way by the ruling elite, and that there is no God, no justice, and no ultimate redemption. No wonder they're depressed.
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If you keep this up you're going to be inducted into the Generalizing About Large Groups of People Using Only Anecdotal Evidence Hall of Fame (GALGPUOAE HOF).
 
SodaPopinski said:
Also we kick puppies and eat nothing but rice crackers because we loathe anything that falls above "bland" in the taste-meter. Additionally we caused the Holocaust, shot JFK and were solely responsible for Seinfeld going off the air. And AIDS? Yep, that was us.

-Pop
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Aha! You admit it.

:lol:
 
I think most of those who are "unhappy" in Portland, are those who aren't from here originally (or moved to Portland as a teenager from a different climate).

It's not perfect, but there isn't any city/region that is.

This last year has been a dry year, and to be honest, it seems so unlike Portland's fall and winter, that it's bothering me. I like our winters. I like our falls, I like our springs and I like our summers. Once I get sick of each season, the next one rolls around.

But hell, if this makes 1 person less likely to move to the area, I'm for everyone out there thinking we're sad and depressed.
 
julius said:
I think most of those who are "unhappy" in Portland, are those who aren't from here originally (or moved to Portland as a teenager from a different climate).

It's not perfect, but there isn't any city/region that is.

This last year has been a dry year, and to be honest, it seems so unlike Portland's fall and winter, that it's bothering me. I like our winters. I like our falls, I like our springs and I like our summers. Once I get sick of each season, the next one rolls around.
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I am originally from Portland and lived there for 40 years. I recently moved to a suburb of Houston Texas and I would like to disagree with you. I was really unhappy in Portland because of the gray.

The rain and clouds suck. 222 cloudy days is depressing period. Although summer in Portland is awesome.

Now as for beauty, Portland is awesome. The mountains, rivers and lush landscape is hard to duplicate.

As for not a perfect city or climate, you are absolutely correct. (although San Diego is damn close) Houston sucks ass in the summer time because of the humidity. However the extra 60 some odd days of sunshine more than make up for it.
 
Mediocre Man said:
I am originally from Portland and lived there for 40 years. I recently moved to a suburb of Houston Texas and I would like to disagree with you. I was really unhappy in Portland because of the gray.

The rain and clouds suck. 222 cloudy days is depressing period. Although summer in Portland is awesome.

Now as for beauty, Portland is awesome. The mountains, rivers and lush landscape is hard to duplicate.

As for not a perfect city or climate, you are absolutely correct. (although San Diego is damn close) Houston sucks ass in the summer time because of the humidity. However the extra 60 some odd days of sunshine more than make up for it.
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Man if this is you happy, I'd hate to have seen you unhappy. :drumroll:
 
It appears that the presence of depression was a large contributing factor to Portland's ranking. This is most likely due to all of the anti-depressants that liberals take here.
 
Oregon has a high incidence of terminally-ill people who euthanize themselves, and often they move here from other states to do so.

I assume this would skewer the suicide rate.
 
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