Have to correct some of my comments above about the survey. As it was stated in the Record, " Surveys were mailed to a random sample of 1,200 homes; 294 completed were returned, a typical response rate, according to the survey's administrators". So the rest of the 1,200 household did not submit their survey because they didn't have any bad things to say about Stockton, and I am one of those and oh yeah my husband too.
How come St. Louis and Sacramento not on the list?
My husband and I live in Stockton for twelve years now and proud to say we love Stockton. Stockton is not really that bad. With the new 16 cenema, the Weber Point Event Center, the new arena, the Ball Park, Bob Hope theater, the renovated Stockton Hotel, the newly opened Sheraton Hotel and many more, and all the things going on here like arts and music. How could anyone say this city is miserable. Forbes ranking is based only on news reports, there was no personal survey at all from Forbes. On the other hand, there were only two hundred something Stocktonian household who handed their complains about Stockton out of one thousand five hundred or so, and those two hundred plus were the miserable ones not the city itself.
My husband and I live in Stockton for twelve years now and proud to say we love Stockton. Stockton is not really that bad. With the new 16 cenema, the Weber Point Event Center, the new arena, the Ball Park, Bob Hope theater, the renovated Stockton Hotel, the newly opened Sheraton Hotel and many more, and all the things going on here like arts and music. How could anyone say this city is miserable. Forbes ranking is based only on news reports, there was no personal survey at all from Forbes. On the other hand, there were only two hundred something Stocktonian household who handed their complains about Stockton out of one thousand five hundred or so, and those two hundred plus were the miserable ones not the city itself.