Memphis: Where not to raise a family

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on September 15, 2009 at 6:47 am

Memphis is on the wrong end of a Children’s Health list of the country’s best cities to raise your family. Only Detroit, Miami and Orlando were scored lower by the magazine’s matrix of 30 indicators. Nashville came in 40th, behind a number regional cities that includes Little Rock and Louisville.

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We are a miserable lot

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on March 3, 2009 at 11:55 pm

So say the number crunchers at BusinessWeek, who have compiled a number of statistics from antidepressant sales to suicide and crime rates. The result: Nashville is the U.S.’ eighth-most unhappy city.

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