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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

The insanity of Forbes Magazines lists

Forbes Magazine seems to be all over the place with their "Top" lists. 

You can't blame them for coming up with these things, really, because the gimmick works.  People watch for them, read them, some of us report on them.

But check this out.

The other day, the list I covered was their "America's Most Miserable Cities".

Today?  It's "Happiest US Cities to Work".

The problem?  Miami is number 2 on the "most miserable" and---wait for it---number 4 on the "happiest" list.

I guess the conclusion you have to come to is, if you're employed in Miami, you're about as happy as you can be in this country.

But if you're unemployed in that same city, you're nearly as miserable as you can be.

Have I got that right, Forbes?

Links:  http://moravings.blogspot.com/2011/02/california-and-florida-how-mighty-have.html
http://www.forbes.com/2011/02/02/stockton-miami-cleveland-business-washington-miserable-cities_slide.html?partner=yahooree
http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/112015/happiest-us-cities-to-work?mod=career-worklife_balance

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