Best and Worst in 2011 as chronicled by TheRightJack

Best and Worst: Enough said!

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Cities With Dangerously Falling Home Prices

5. Fresno CA
4. Tucson AZ
3. Phoenix AZ
2. Boise ID
1. Las Vegas NV [Yahoo and Forbes] 12/8/11

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Worst Cities for Finding a Job

Miami, Fla.
Number of unemployed people per job posting: 4.37

Los Angeles
Number of unemployed people per job posting: 3.48

Riverside, Calif.
Number of unemployed people per job posting: 3.25

Las Vegas
Number of unemployed people per job posting: 3.10

Detroit
Number of unemployed people per job posting: 2.75
[Yahoo Finance] 12/1/11 Really! Is there a negative list that Detroit is on where they are not among the worstest what is?

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Saddiest Cities
Las Vegas NV, the saddest of all
Reno NV
Miami FL
Birmingham AL
St Louis MO
Louisville KY
Tampa FL
Memphis TN
Detroit MI
St Petersburg FL [Yahoo] 12/1/11 They need more greenery and flowers to help cure their depression.

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Most education required while receiving the least pay.
7. Recreational Therapists
6. Biological Technicians
5. Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
4. Museum Technicians and Conservators
3. Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
2. Survey Researchers
1. Reporters and Correspondents
[247WallSt.com] 11/11/15

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Dirtiest cities in America - 7 of the worst 20 are in California

10 Sacramento CA metro area
9 San Diego CA area
8 Phoenix AZ area
7 Birmingham AL area
6 Modesto CA

5 Pittsburgh PA area
4 Fresno CA area
3 Visalia-Porterville CA area
2 Los Angeles CA area
1 Bakersfield CA area
[Yahoo and Forbes] 11/15/10 Then Click Here to see the details and links to 2010 Forbes article. They need more greenery and flowers to help them care.

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States that are home to the most millionaires. Ranging from 7.22% down to 5.88% of the households
1 Maryland, 157,779 or 7.22% of households
2 Hawaii, 33,461
3 New Jersey, 231,456
4 Connecticut, 98,392
5 Massachusetts, 162,619

6 Alaska, 16,239 households
7 Virginia, 195,006
8 New Hampshire, 31,159
9 California, 750,686
10 District of Columbia, 15,603 or 5.88% of households
[yahoo finance] 10/28/11

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Five popular graduate degrees that are worth it.
• Medical degree, physician
• Master of public health
• Doctor of Pharmacy
• MBA
• Lawyer
[kiplinger.com] June 2011

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Vacancies. For Rent. Emptiest cities.1 Tucson AZ
2 Indianapolis IN
3 Toledo OH
4 Memphis TN
5 Atlanta GA [Real Estate yahoo]

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Emptiest US Cities1 Tucson
2 Indianapolis IN
3 Toledo OH
4 Memphis TN
5 Atlanta GA

6 Baton Rouge LA
7 Dayton OH
8 Detroit MI
9 Houston TX
10 Kansas City MO [CNBC.com]

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Most and Least Taxing States

5 Highest
CT is highest and then NJ NY MA MD

5 Lowest
MS is lowest and then SC TN AL AK

[Yahoo from Bloomburg] Click here on this link to see the full list of worst and best. Then click here for the Bloomburg link.

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Best 10 USA cities in which to live

10 Anchorage
9 San Francisco
8 Virginia Beach
7 San Diego
6 Washington DC

5 Irvine CA
4 Scottsdale
3 Honolulu
2 Arlington VA
1 Raleigh NC

Bottom of the barrel include Detroit; Stockton, Calif.; Akron, Ohio; Laredo, Tex.; and Cleveland.
[With help from Bloomberg Rankings, Businessweek.com]

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Least expensive places to live:

5. Sherman, Tex.
4. Fort Smith, Ark.
3. Ft. Hood, Tex.
2. Pueblo, Colo.
1. Brownsville, Tex.

[Kiplinger.com] Click Here and then Click Here.

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Best cities for educated workers
10. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

9. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI **
** Where all of the men are strong, all of the women are good looking and all of the children are above average

8. Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH
7. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
6. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA

5. Raleigh-Cary, NC
4. Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT
3. Provo-Orem, UT
2. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA
1. Madison, WI
[247wallst.com]

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America’s poorest states:

MS is in the worst shape and then in ascending order are
AR TN WV LA MT SC KY AL and NC at #10th worst
[247wallst.com]

America’s richest states:

NH is in the best shape and then in declining order are
CT NJ MD AK VA MA UT CO HI at #10th best
[247wallst.com]

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Best places to retire 2011

Marquette, MI
Cape Coral, FL
Boise, ID
Danville, KY
Weatherford, TX

Southaven, MS
Clarksville, TN
Broken Arrow, OK
Lake Charles, LA
Winston-Salem, NC
[CNN money] 9/16/11

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10 most hated jobs

1. Director of Information Technology
2. Director of Sales and Marketing
3. Product Manager
4. Senior Web Developer
5. Technical Specialist

6. Electronics Technician
7. Law Clerk
8. Technical Support Analyst
9. CNC Machinist
10. Marketing Manager
[yahoo]

Best Job: The one you enjoy day after day, week after week and year after year. =TheRightJack

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Best cars for your money

Honda Fit (MSRP: $16,860. 5-year cost: $27,250)
Acura TL (MSRP: $35,605. 5-year cost: $46,750)
Ford Fusion Hybrid (MSRP: $28,600 5-year cost: $38,250)
Mazda MX-5 Miata (MSRP: $23,110 5-year-cost: $38,250)
Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen (MSRP: $23,745 5-year cost: $37,250)

Honda CR-V (MSRP: $21,895 5-year cost: $37,250)
Hyundai Santa Fe V6 SE (MSRP: $25,995 5-year cost: $44,500)
Acura RDX (MSRP: $32,895 5-year cost: $51,750)
Ford Flex AWD Ecoboost (MSRP: $40,495 5-year cost: $52,000)
Toyota Tundra V8 4WD (MSRP: $29,630 5-year cost: $51,750)
Full list provided in a link. [Forbes] 9/15/11

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Most dangerous trucks

Jeep Wrangler – The Worst
Chevrolet Colorado/GMC Canyon Extended Cab
Ford Ranger Regular Cab
Chevrolet Colorado/GMC Canyon Regular Cab
Dodge Dakota (without optional side airbags)
[Forbes]

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Cities with the worst drivers

Washington DC – The worst
Baltimore MD
Glendale CA
Newark NJ
Providence RI

Philadelphia PA
Hartford CT
Jersey City NJ
Alexandria VA
Hialeah FL [Forbes] Watch out when you drive anywhere within 100 miles of DC!

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Fox News wins most trusted survey.
n = 1,110. August 20-22, 2011

Fox at #1 of 9 at 37.8%
CNN at 11.1%
ABC at 10/8%
NBC at 10.8%
CBS at 10.4%
PBS at 8.6%
MSNBC at 3.3%
CNBC at 0.5% = 6 votes

Fox was also the MOST untrustworthy in the same poll at 33.9% so rated by 52.2% of Democrats and 33.9% of Independents.
FOX at 33.9%
MSNBC at 13%
CNN at 11.9%
NBC at 11.1%
CNBC 8.2%
ABC at 7.8%
CBS at 7.5%
PBS at 5.7%
[WND] Click Here for more details plus the links for charts. Remember that when Casius Clay/Mohammed Ali was on top, Howard Cosell was the most loved and most hated announcer, at the same time. What does that tell us? Cowabunga dude. No clue either.

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Best: Residents gained from the rest of the USA

1,346,296 moved to Florida
781,542 moved to Texas
714,458 moved to North Carolina
423,710 moved to Arizona
393,074 moved to Georgia
Source: Empire Center for New York State Policy, August 2011

Worst: Residents lost to other states

1,965,599 moved out of California
1,570,310 moved out of New York
880,248 moved out of Illinois
708,110 moved out of Michigan
692,878 moved out of New Jersey
Source: Empire Center for New York State Policy, August 2011

Scroll down this link to find more reports on our re-locating population and flight from New York. Michigan and New Jersey have new Republican governors. Will they be able to have positive influences on failing economies in their states.

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Winning Cars in July from The Street:
• Chevy Equinox
• Ford Escape
• Jeep Grand Cherokee
• Toyota Highlander
• Honda Pilot [The Street]
Auto sales up 1% in July. Ford had the best selling utility brand auto thus far in 2011. 8/16/11

Car designs that flopped:
• Willys Jeepster 1946-1950
• AMC Pacer 1975-1980
• General Motors EV-1 1996-1999
• Suzuki X-90 1996-1998
• Plymouth Prowler 1997-2002

• Ford Excursion 2000-2005
• Chevrolet SSR 2003-2006
• Subaru Baja 2003-2006
• GMC Envoy XUV 2004-2005
• Acura ZDX 2010-
How did the Edsel not make this list?

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Five solid degrees:

#1: Bachelor's in Accounting
#2: Bachelor's in Information Technology
#3: Bachelor's in Business Administration
#4: Bachelor's in Computer Science
#5: Bachelor's in Marketing
[education.yahoo.net] Research from Penn State. See CollegeBoard.com.

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Best places to live in America in 2011:

1 Louisville CO
2 Milton MA
3 Solon OH
4 Leesburg VA
5 Papillion NE

6 Hanover NH
7 Liberty MO
8 Middleston WI
9 Mukilteo WA
10. Chanhassen MN

11 Sharon MA
12 Farmington UT
13 Johnstown IA
14 Arden Hills MN
15 Sammamish WA

16 Acton MA
17 Montville NJ
18 Newcastle WA
19 Castle Rock CO
20 Superior CO. [Yahoo] 8/15/11 How did Lake Wobegone not make this list?

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Most Tech-Friendly Cities:

1. Plano, TX
2. San Jose, CA
3. San Francisco, CA
4. Boise, ID
5. Austin, TX

6. Oakland, CA
7. San Diego, CA
8. Durham, NC
9. Chesapeake, VA
10. Colorado Springs, CO

Least Tech-Friendly Cities:

91. Laredo, TX
92. Norfolk, VA
93. Milwaukee, WI
94. Cheyenne, WY
95. Stockton, CA

96. Cincinnati, OH
97. Baltimore, MD
98. Detroit, MI 99.
Fort Wayne, IN
100. Toledo, OH
[mashable.com] Click Here to see where your city ranks and why. Poor Detroit, having a string of bad luck, just like the US Economy as explained by Obama.

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10 sickest US housing markets:

1 Tucson AZ.
2 Indianapolis IN.
3 Memphis TN.
4 Atlanta.
5. Baton Rouge LA.

6 Dayton OH.
7-8 tie Detroit and Kansas City MO.
9 St Louis MO.
10 Oklahoma City OK. [Yahoo from Wall Street] Click here to learn why.

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Best colleges by salary potential, 2011:

15 Amherst College in MA.
14 Bucknell University in PA.
13 SUNY Maritime in NY.
12 College of the Holy Cross in MA.
11 Colgate University in NY.

10 Lehigh University in PA.
9 Stanford University in CA.
8 Duke University in NC.
7 Polytechnic Institute of New York University in NY.
6 Dartmouth College in NH.

5 MIT in MA.
4 Harvard University in MA.
3 Harvey Mudd College in CA.
2 Cal Tech in CA, and
#1 is Princeton University in NJ. [CNBC.com]

Not too many football or basketball powers in this group … But …
Ohio University in Athens, Ohio does reign supreme as #1 Party School.

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Least indebted states, credit cards, mortgages, car loans, etc:

#1 is Oklahoma and then
West Virginia,
Arkansas,
Mississippi,
Indiana,

Kansas,
North Dakota,
Kentucky,
Iowa and working up from the least indebted
to #10 is Nebraska.

Most indebted states, credit cards, mortgages, car loans, etc:

#1 is Calfornia [what a surprise], and then
Hawaii,
Maryland,
New Jersey,
Washington,

Massachusetts,
Virginia,
Connecticut,
Colorado and
at #10 is Nevada. [Yahoo] 7/25/11 Click here to learn more.

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Hiring:

Booming Career #1 - Medical Records Technician
Then Pharmacy Technician
Dental Assistant
Financial analyst
Personal financial advisor
Paralegal [Yahoo Education]

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Great places to retire abroad:

Merida, Mexico.
Lunigiana, Italy.
Bocas del Toro,
Panama.
Granada,

Nicaragua.
Nha Trang, Vietnam.
Roatan, Honduras.
Bearn, France.
Corozal Town, Belize. [Yahoo.com] Click Here to read the details.

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Best performing housing markets:

1: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
2: New York-Northern NJ-Long Island NY-NJ-PA
3: Orlando, FL
4: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
5: San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA

Weakest performing housing markets over next six months projected to be:

• Virginia Beach, VA metro area
• then the metro areas of Cleveland
• Minneapolis
• Chicago, and
• Fresno, CA [Yahoo.com] Click here to review the details.

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Most tax friendly states:

WY MS PA KY AL GA OK SC DE LA
[Kiplinger.com] July 2011

Unfriendly tax states for retirees:

VT MN NE OR CA ME IA WI NJ CT
[Kiplinger.com] July 2011

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Best states for business:

1 First place goes to Virginia. You think it might have something to do with the current spending capitol of the world, Washington DC.
2 Texas
3 North Carolina
4 Georgia
5 Colorado

6 Massachusetts
7 Minnesota
8 Utah
9 Iowa
10 Nebraska

50th is Rhode Island
Better not go West to CA #32 young man.

Criteria explained in link found in the article. Well done. Click Here July 2011

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Best career reboots

1. Medical assistant
2. Paralegal
3. Administrative assistant
4. Computer support specialist
5. Dental assistant
See related articles at the bottom of this report. [Yahoo] Click Here. June 2011

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Best state for jobs: North Dakota, June 2011

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States in best economic shape: Any state with a Republican governor starting with Texas. June 2010

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States in worst economic mess. Huge financial over-spending problems: California. Illinois. Michigan. June 2011

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Worst president.

Economist Marc Faber says President Barack Obama is "by far one of the worst presidents" the United States has ever had. [MoneyNews.com] 6/7/11 Click Here. His comments read like a GOP campaign agenda.

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Best US cities for jobs:

[1] Austin TX area
[2] New Orleans area
[3] Houston area
[4] San Antonio area
[5] Dallas area

[6] Washington DC area
[7] Northern Virginia
[8] Nashville area
[9] New York city area
[10] Philadelphia area
[Forbes.com] Willing to move? May 2011

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Worst mortgage hits.

28% of all US mortgages exceed the value of the home.

Worst hit areas include

Las Vegas at 85%
Phoenix at 68%
Tampa, FL and Modesto, CA at 60%. [The Free Enterprise Nation]

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Worst Home Energy Hogs. Energy Guzzlers:

Plasma TVs
Digital picture frames
Video game consoles

TV set top boxes like converters
Battery chargers
Always on devices

External power adapters
Aquariums
Dehumidifiers

Coffee makers
Air purifiers
Incandescent light bulbs

Not specifically mentioned are washers, dryers, hot water heaters, curling irons and your telephone and computer equipment. Forbes.com. Unplug them when not in use and save. Click here.

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Buyer Beware. Ford does not have a vehicle on the “Worst Cars” on the road list. Forbes.com 4/23/11

Cadillac Escalade
Chevie Tahoe Hybrid
Dodge Nitro SLT
Dodge Dakota
Jeep Wrangler Unlimited

Mercedes-Benz S550
Chrysler Town & Country
Chevie Colorado
Chevie Aveo/Aveo5
Jeep Liberty/Liberty Sport
Nissan Titan. Smart for Two. Click Here. April 2011

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Best cities for business:

1st is Washington DC [pork capital of the USA].
Then Omaha NE
Boston
Des Moines IA
Minneapolis-St Paul

Denver
Richmond VA
New York
Harrisburg PA
And Seattle at #10

How did Detroit not get on this list as the most impressive Democrat model for government waste and incompetence, locally and statewide.

Bottom 10:

At 102 is Fresno CA
101 Then Stockton CA going up the ladder
100 Scranton PA
99 Modesto CA
98 Youngstown OH

97 Sacramento CA
96 Riverside CA
95 New Haven CT
94 Bradenton FL
Bakersfield at 93rd worst
Detroit checks in at #86. Learn anything yet? December 2010

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Worst economic myths. Business & Media Institute looks back on the year's news each year and selects the top 10 worst economic myths. Here is the 2010 list:

10. GM Repayment Shows Taxpayer Bailout Worked
9. All the Economy Needs is More Stimulus

8. Soda is Like Cocaine and Ads Cause Obesity
7. Obama the Tax Cutter

6. The Tea Parties are Astroturf, but Green Groups Aren't.
5. Despite Largest Budget in History, Obama is Fiscally Conservative

4. Lack of Press Freedom in Gulf Doesn't Point to Obama
3. Nearly 10% Unemployment Isn't So Bad

2. ClimateGate? What ClimateGate?
1. The Chamber of Commerce is Taking "Secret Foreign Money" for Election. Click here for more lengthy explanations.

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Best political strategy: Shouting racism for any and all criticism of or disagreements with Obama strategies and policies. December 2010

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GM - among the worst cars rated by JD Powers. 4 of the worst 7 come from GM. May 2010

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Guess which states are in financial trouble and constrained by the expenses of high unionization, public programs and unfunded pensions. Which are on solid ground.

IL NY CT NJ CA - or - UT NE NH TX VA

Questoion: In what nation is 50% of the workers unionized and in danger of folding unless the European Union bails them out with massive loans? Answer: Greece

Guess what car company went that route and is headed in the same direction again? GMC

Guess what nation is headed in the same direction? USA

Guess what nation is becoming a model for the rest of the world? CHINA. Of course they do have some public relations issues with imprisoning and killing dissenters. But, that is not a problem for most leftists and dictators. April 2010

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Worst US President: Jimmy Carter.

Barack Obama may have closed the gap thus challenging Carter for The Worst President Ever. 2010 =TheRightJack

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