Seems Crossville just can’t catch a break.  Another ranking released by a web site called RoadSnacks has place Crossville at number two on the list of the most miserable cities in Tennessee.  We’ve not done any official research, but over the past eight years, everyone, not just a few, but everyone who has come into the offices of CNF/Star Recording studio who once lived somewhere else has had nothing but praise for Crossville.  And most hometown folks feel like Crossville is a most ideal town to live and raise their kids.  May not be a good idea to base an opinion solely on data.  Here is the story which ran on WVLT-TV reflecting RoadSnacks most miserable list:

(WVLT) – Crossville, Morristown, Knoxville, Sevierville, and Greeneville all made a list of the 10 most miserable cities in Tennessee from RoadSnacks.

The site collected data from the FBI, the U.S. Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Sperling’s Best Places, and Twitter, to determine which of the state’s 50 largest cities were the unhappiest. The criteria included: percentage of people with a college degree, average commute times, employment rates, cost of living, crime rates, number of sunny days each year, and percentages of married couples and homeowners. RoadSnacks also analyzed geo-located Tweets using #happy.

Based on this criteria, the top 10 most miserable cities in Tennessee are:

1. Lewisburg
2. Crossville
3. Columbia
4. Morristown
5. Memphis
6. Springfield
7. McMinnville
8. Knoxville
9. Sevierville
10. Greeneville

Crossville made the list because it has the fourth lowest income in Tennessee and is last in home ownership. Families earn an average of $29,000 per year, and only 39% of families own a home. The only thing that kept Crossville from the number one spot was a short commute time of only 17 minutes each way.

Morristown came in fourth because it ranked in the worst five percent of both crime and income levels in the state. According to FBI statistics, Morristown residents have a one in 23 chance of being robbed in the course of a year. That’s compared with Farragut, which is the safest city in the state, with a one in 108 chance of being robbed.

Knoxville ranked eighth because of the third lowest rate of married couples and the 10th lowest number of sunny days. Only 38% of Knoxville residents are married, and the sun only shines 204 days per year. RoadSnacks says the number of Tweets about being miserable in Knoxville was also very high. High crime rates and low incomes also contributed to the ranking.

Sevierville landed in the ninth spot on the list due to having the state’s third lowest number of homeowners and the sixth lowest number of residents with a college education. One in five people in Sevierville live below the poverty line, and fewer than 40% own the home. The city also has a 6.2% unemployment rate, and a 43% college graduation rate.

Greeneville rounded out the top 10, thanks to being in the bottom three for both sunny days and unemployment.