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- TheEngineer2008, on 12/11/2008, -0/+1091. Bensenville, Ill.
2. Candler-McAfee, Ga.
3. Kokomo, Ind.
4. Asheboro, N.C.
5. Austintown, Ohio
6. Spanish Lake, Mo.
7. Hamtramck, Mich.
8. Grandview, Mo.
9. Burton, Mich.
10. Middletown, Ohio - driverdave, on 12/11/2008, -0/+39Will someone tell Forbes that this auto-pagination thing they have is the worst thing ever.
- humperdinck, on 12/11/2008, -3/+39Because it's not one of America's ten fastest-dying towns?
- kenedamick, on 12/11/2008, -0/+32Buried for auto-slideshow
- whoreable, on 12/11/2008, -2/+29Couldn't they just say the Midwest?
- theblackmask, on 12/11/2008, -0/+25I live about 10min away from Bensenville, it is kinda bad.
- cuevas4711, on 12/11/2008, -0/+19Is Detroit already dead?
- woofers07, on 12/11/2008, -0/+18Thank you, I saw Forbes and immediately got pissed.
- fallingdamage, on 12/11/2008, -9/+25why isnt Washington DC on the list?
- inactive, on 12/11/2008, -4/+19Notice most of those are union dependent towns. It is just outrageous to pay someone $28/hr plus full benefits just to do a job that takes no skill or needs no special training. There are people that go through 4 years of college that don't make that much money.
- badqat, on 12/11/2008, -0/+14Pork, pork, pork, pork, pork.
The residents might be dying in droves, but the town, thanks to the swath of federal cash, is not. - Testiculese, on 12/11/2008, -2/+14I bet a Walmart opened in every one of them.
- ngmcs8203, on 12/11/2008, -1/+13Kokomo? But where will the Beach Boys fall in love to the rhythm of a steel drum band???
- lensman00, on 12/11/2008, -0/+11Excerpt from the full article: "I'll slim it down to one word for you: cars," says Chris Cornell, an economist at Moody's Economy.com.
The glory years for these towns was back in the 1950s. Is it any coincidence that is also when Detroit was making the classic American cars that became collectibles, many of them actually increasing in value over time? It's also an era when the downtown areas of these towns were vibrant social hubs full of thriving independent businesses.
As the quality coming out of Detroit declined, connections among small town businesses yielded to the anonymity of the big box parking lot and the era of the "Assistant Regional Manager".
So now, despite already being subsidized by the taxpayer in countless ways (interstate highway system, oil industry subsidies, tax breaks for light trucks, etc, etc) this industry is not only failing but it is taking big chunks of the country down with it.
We don't need a bailout of the auto industry, we need to rethink top-to-bottom how we live, how we work, and how we move resources around. - JackpotCity, on 12/11/2008, -0/+11Some people live and work their whole lives in a particular town only to have to move to stay afloat in their golden years, it's kinda sad.
- Eisen4, on 12/11/2008, -0/+10I live in Kokomo, IN.
Chrysler employs a majority of our town. They have two transmission plants here. A thrid completely new plant was just being built 20 miles south of town by Tipton, IN for Getrag transmissions but production has halted at 80% completion because Chrysler backed out on their agreement to buy it when it was finished. The remain part of the town is largely employed by Delphi (GM) who has been steadily laying off long time employees. Every street in the city has a few houses up for sale. I work at Best Buy. Our revenues have tanked. Our largest hospital which had just built on a huge ER wing just laid off about 100 people last month. This used to be a pretty wealthy town. Many Delphi employees were engineers and some of the homes around town are good proof that money used to flow steadily here. Its not a very fun town anymore.
On the flip side my best friends just bought a night clue, The Social, in town and their revenues are sky rocketing from everyone trying to 'take the edge off'. - DarkSenay, on 12/11/2008, -0/+10Forbes is so technologically backwards they use MAPQUEST for their city images.
- deleo, on 12/11/2008, -0/+10Why didn't they just say industrial manufacturing in America is dead? That's the real story behind this top 10 list.
- inactive, on 12/11/2008, -0/+9No.
Forbes employs a demon that feeds on your annoyance as you browse their slide shows and excretes it as money. - neveroddoreven, on 12/11/2008, -1/+10DC would be a city
- SpectralSounds, on 12/11/2008, -0/+9"Hamtramck, Mich."
I used to go to a club there occasionally called "The Motor" before they closed it down. That town was a garbage infested ***** years ago, and I can only assume it has gotten much worse.. Fat tuesdays was really the only reason many people went to that town. - nightsweat, on 12/11/2008, -0/+8Buried for Forbes-slideshowness of link.
- beersnob, on 12/11/2008, -0/+8I went to Ohio a few years ago and all the locals could talk about were the manufacturing plants that were closing down and moving overseas--and this was before the recession! Everywhere we went, things looked shabby/run-down. Must be really grim in the Midwest now.
I disagree with those who are commenting about this being automobile industry-related....It is manufacturing in general. Unfortunately, if the auto industry is all that is left in the Midwest, they're really screwed. - 1smartguy, on 12/11/2008, -0/+8We should bitch about that, but overpayment is even worse in government jobs, and they're slow to lay off, pay to lay off, and would sooner offer our tax dollars up for an early retirement package than cut any labor costs.
This kind of thing at this time is especially *****; http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/City_workers_rake_ ... - ShoggothDreams, on 12/11/2008, -0/+8That was a legendary waste of page views. Thank you SO much for the quick read. I actually KNEW that I could go back, and see such a gift in the Comments for this article.
- psyclonic, on 12/12/2008, -0/+6Hey USA - lost some manufacturing jobs lately? Welcome to Ohio, America. The downturn has been here for sometime.
- crgnetworks, on 12/11/2008, -0/+6Throw your hands up if you're representing Austintown, Ohio!
God.. I need to get out of this place... - ColdChilli, on 12/11/2008, -0/+6The reason Bensenville, Ill. is on the list is that the majority of the town was bought up for O'Hare expansion. 1/2 the town has empty houses which were bought by the state. Why would anyone want to move in next to an airport?
If your house wasn't bought you pretty much moved out anyways before land value became $0.
The economy has nothing to do why Bensenville is #1. - bitweever, on 12/11/2008, -0/+6Same here, I didn't even go to Forbes, just clicked on the comments.
- iJessicaRabbit, on 12/11/2008, -0/+6Same. I right click/open tab on all articles I want to read before going through them and reading them. By the time I was at this article I was mid slide show thing. Does anyone out there actually like that damn slide show feature?
- bhuntsbarger, on 12/11/2008, -0/+6MIDDLETOWN/MONROE has Touchdown JESUS!!! Coincidence?
- BESTenemy, on 12/11/2008, -0/+6Data based on credit default swap rates against state bonds (insurance for when the states fail to honor their debts) currently indicates that the following states are likely for bankruptcy in 2009:
New Jersey, California, Florida, Nevada, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Hawaii.
First casualty in each case will be the state fixed income funds (i.e. pension plans). - mingistech, on 12/11/2008, -0/+5mook (n.)
derivative of the word mooseknuckle - wilhoitm, on 12/11/2008, -1/+6Yes, but most of those states stupidly voted red for W the past 8 years!
- ColdChilli, on 12/11/2008, -0/+4The reason Bensenville, Ill. is on the list is that the majority of the town was bought up for O'Hare expansion. 1/2 the town has empty houses which were bought by the state. Why would anyone want to move in next to an airport?
- inactive, on 12/11/2008, -0/+4No, that's the state we all wish would die but won't.
In the immortal words of Voltaire, bomb New Jersey! - fedorafandango, on 12/11/2008, -2/+6If you will notice, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, North Carolina, and Michigan were all carried by Obama in Novemer...so you fail, guy.
- Testiculese, on 12/11/2008, -0/+4*****, that's real close to my house, I'm going to have to stop by next time I'm single!
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geoc ... - inactive, on 12/11/2008, -1/+5tl;dr the midwest sucks
- braves01, on 12/11/2008, -0/+4Minneapolis-St. Paul says hello too. I saw it on the top of a list for best cities for business.
- Pookatooka, on 12/11/2008, -0/+4I've never heard of Bensenville, Ill., but the northern suburbs (especially Northwest) of Chicago, which is where Bensenville appears to be located, is one of the nicest areas of the country. Barrington, Lake Zurich, Hawthorn Woods, Kildeer, etc., they are all extremely well off. Many of the corporate leaders, whom we all hate right now, probably have a mansion somewhere in Barrington.
- Trublmakr, on 12/11/2008, -0/+4Somethings gone awry!
- Tyrghast, on 12/11/2008, -0/+4Cus the local economy here in Texas has actually been faring a little better than most. However, the falling price on natural gas isn't helping.
- kenedamick, on 12/11/2008, -0/+4I live 10 min from Grandview - what a hell-hole
- palanthos, on 12/11/2008, -0/+3I prefer to think of him as "Drowning Jesus," because he's coming out of that pond with his arms stretched out like he's asking for someone to throw him a life preserver. I thought he could walk on water.
- mikeoncampus, on 12/11/2008, -0/+3Heres to living on the Michigan and Ohio border!
- ShoggothDreams, on 12/11/2008, -0/+3Buried for wasting so many pages for such a tiny article.
- farfegnugen, on 12/12/2008, -0/+3I'm originally from Jersey, and I hope it dies.
- Barackalypse, on 12/11/2008, -0/+3Because unlike the rest of the country the Government never experiences a drop in spending?
- cowbellthunder, on 12/11/2008, -0/+3This doesn't surprise me. 7 out of 10 of those are all in the rust belt.
Non-existent industry in the USA means lots of these towns are going to fall apart when large plants fail. -
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