Portland tops new list of 'most depressed' cities

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Think Portland is a great place to live? Some may disagree. Here's the depressing list this city just topped - weighing divorce rates, cloudy days, crime, unemployment and antidepressant sales.

Story Published: Mar 10, 2010 at 8:34 PM PDT

Story Updated: Mar 14, 2010 at 4:45 PM PDT

Portland tops new list of 'most depressed' cities

Thanks to Flickr-user pleeker for this photo of the Portland skyline.

PORTLAND, Ore. – How are you feeling? Emotionally?

Apparently Portland is the most depressed city in the United States. That's according to 2009 rankings from "Business Week" magazine.

The list is based on divorce rates, cloudy days, crime rates and the unemployment rate. Then "Business Week" researchers calculated the rate of depression based on drug-company data and antidepressant sales.

Portland came out No. 1.

Other cities landing spots on the list of unhappy places were Saint Louis, New Orleans and Detroit.
 

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