Riverside, CA has been my home for almost four years. Before I started college, I didn't even know where Riverside was. Now I always notice it on ranking lists... never good ones, haha. I decided to make a list of why Riverside is the crappiest place in the US. But it'll always have a piece of my heart!!! :)

• Number 1 "Worst Cities for Wage Growth" by Payscale.com/Monster (March 2012)
  • http://career-services.monster.com/yahooarticle/worst-cities-pay-2012#WT.mc_n=yta_fpt_article_worst_citites_pay
• Number 5 "Worst Cities for Public Transportation" by the Atlantic (May 2011)
  • http://finance.yahoo.com/news/The-10-Best-10-Worst-Cities-atlantic-3548298572.html#
• Number 1 "Top 5 Cities Where the Economy is Getting Worse" by Forbes (03/31/11)
  • http://www.forbes.com/2011/03/16/cities-where-the-economies-are-getting-worse_slide_2.html
  • http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/cities-where-things-are-getting-worse.html
• Number 5 "Cities With the Worst Job Recovery" by Business Insider (03/15/11)
  • http://www.businessinsider.com/cities-worst-jobs-recovery-2011-3#riverside-calif-7
• Number 10 "America's Most Toxic Cities" by Forbes (02/28/11)
  • http://www.forbes.com/2011/02/28/most-toxic-cities-personal-finance_slide_11.html
• Number 6 on "2010's Worst Cities For Foreclosures" by Forbes (01/26/11)
  • http://blogs.forbes.com/morganbrennan/2011/01/26/the-worst-cities-for-foreclosures-in-2010/
• Number 5 on "The Hardest Cities for Finding Jobs" by Forbes (01/25/11)
  • http://www.forbes.com/2011/01/25/cities-jobs-employment-leadership-careers-hiring-hardest_slide_7.html
• Number 1 "American's Most Polluted Cities" (along with LA area) by... everyone (2010)
• Number 2 "Cities With the Worst Tap Water" by the Environmental Working Group (Dec 2009)