Survey says........Florida Sucks!

[lavapockets]

So I've always felt that my state sucked, and now there's a poll on the internet that agrees!

For those of you who know what serious polls are, I tried to find their methodology, phrasing, results, margin of error and couldn't. Please evaluate results accordingly.

From the South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Florida is 2nd most miserable state, survey concludes

By Marcia Pounds | South Florida Sun-Sentinel
3:46 PM EDT, April 7, 2009
Florida is near the bottom of the happiness index. That is, if happiness has to do with income, debt, employment and keeping your home.

The state ranks 50th in the ranking by MainStreet.com., which included the District of Columbia in its survey of misery levels. Only Oregon at No. 51 is worse.

Florida residents' non-mortgage debt is 37.3 percent, according to the index. The state has 9.4 percent unemployment and a foreclosure rate of one per 214 households, according to MainStreet's index.

The happiness index looks at household income, debt, employment and foreclosures.

The main source of financial happiness is the Midwest, according to the ranking. Nebraska, home of famed financier Warren Buffet, is in the top spot, followed by Iowa and Kansas.

[Yamato]

too long;didn't read. Anyway...
Florida - America's penis.

[lavapockets]

too long;didn't read. Anyway...
Florida - America's penis.

lol it's not even that long....do they not teach you kids how to skim these days?

[Draquish]

South Floridian here. >_>

[cpinney]

south florida sucks ass, which i displayed in a topic when i got back, from south florida.

[crazy_foo]

poor florida lol

[cin]

too long;didn't read. Anyway...
Florida - America's penis.

next time you think a post is too long, don't bother
hitting the reply button. this twelve year old e-tough
attitude is not working on this forum and believe me,
you won't last long if you're not prepared to change
this. you could consider actually replying to that pm
i sent to you the other day. i was looking forward to
a nice discussion with you.

[MrJoey]

Do you really have to hit enter after every so and so words? The forum will do that for you automatically you know, and your deceptively longer posts will be shown to actually be quite short.


On topic: I went to mainstreet.com... I couldn't find the actual list. Searched for Happiness Index, This page is the only one that came up with no links to what would be the list. There is a slide show, but only shows the top 15.

[cin]

Do you really have to hit enter after every so and so words? The forum will do that for you automatically you know, and your deceptively longer posts will be shown to actually be quite short.

i'm personally more a fan of compact text, and if
i let the forum automatically do this, the texts
will become so wide. just personal preference i
guess ;]

[MrJoey]

Oh hey, Wisconsin is in the slideshow. #10!!!

[Snoopy]

Florida isn't that bad. It has Miami ....

ok, it's quite bad.

[Blurred]

I never found florida to be that bad lol

[lavapockets]

I never found florida to be that bad lol

How long have you lived here?

[Blurred]

I never found florida to be that bad lol

How long have you lived here?

I lived there less than a year, i liv ein ct now

[Diaty]

Iowa boy here, and let me tell you, it is boring as hell here ^_^

[Draquish]

Iowa boy here, and let me tell you, it is boring as hell here ^_^

Anywhere near Marion? O_o

[Mr.Ganji]

I blame Florida for the 2000 election

[Draquish]

I blame Florida for the 2000 election

Blame the fact that Bush's brother happened to be running this place. >_>

[woutR]

30% non mortgage debt. Credit card mentality for the win.

Credit cards should be banned. There is nothing wrong with just paying with an ATM, and it keeps you out of debt.

[Mr.Ganji]

I blame Florida for the 2000 election

Blame the fact that Bush's brother happened to be running this place. >_>

lol. it runs in the family