Charleston America’s unluckiest town

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See the cities where Americans are hitting the jackpot and the ones where their luck has run out

Luck is like that dark matter stuff scientists have spent billions of dollars trying to find with the Large Hadron Collider—a powerful presence that people surmise exists but no one has actually seen. The difference is that we found luck. Using statistics instead of protons, we pinpointed the location of a large supply in, of all places, San Diego.

Wondering how Vegas didn't hit this jackpot? Here's our definition of good luck: the most winners of Powerball, Mega Millions, and Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes; most hole-in-ones (PGA); fewest lightning strikes (including the fatal kind) and deaths from falling objects (Vaisala Inc., National Climatic Data Center, CDC); and least money lost on lottery tickets and race betting (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Charleston ranked dead last, behind Sioux Falls, S.D.; Memphis, Tenn.; Jackson, Miss.; and Tampa, Fla.

Charleston's luck was graded an F.

Luckiest


1. San Diego, CA A+
2. Baltimore, MD A+
3. Phoenix, AZ A
4. Wilmington, DE A
5. Richmond, VA A-
6. San Francisco, CA A-
7. Las Vegas, NV A-
8. Philadelphia, PA A-
9. Louisville, KY A-
10. Reno, NV B+

11. San Jose, CA B+
12. New York, NY B+
13. Boise, ID B+
14. Baton Rouge, LA B+
15. Fort Worth, TX B+
16. Omaha, NE B+
17. Indianapolis, IN B
18. Fresno, CA B
19. Dallas, TX B
20. Lincoln, NE B

21. St. Louis, MO B
22. Cincinnati, OH B
23. Los Angeles, CA B
24. Santa Ana, CA B-
25. Portland, OR B-
26. Pittsburgh, PA B-
27. Tulsa, OK B-
28. Seattle, WA B-
29. Denver, CO B-
30. Fort Wayne, IN B-

31. Charlotte, NC B-
32. Milwaukee, WI C+
33. Houston, TX C+
34. Kansas City, MO C+
35. Wichita, KS C+
36. Chicago, IL C+
37. Toledo, OH C+
38. Greensboro, NC C+
39. Columbus, OH C+
40. Providence, RI C+

41. Riverside, CA C+
42. Bakersfield, CA C+
43. Oakland, CA C
44. El Paso, TX C
45. Minneapolis, MN C
46. Tucson, AZ C
47. Sacramento, CA C
48. Plano, TX C
49. Honolulu, HI C
50. Albuquerque, NM C

51. Virginia Beach, VA C
52. Washington, DC C
53. Manchester, NH C
54. Durham, NC C-
55. Norfolk, VA C-
56. Columbia, SC C-
57. Oklahoma City, OK C-
58. Cleveland, OH C-
59. Lexington, KY C-
60. New Orleans, LA C-

61. Winston-Salem, NC C-
62. Detroit, MI C-
63. Portland, ME C-
64. Laredo, TX C-
65. Chesapeake, VA C-
66. Cheyenne, WY C-
67. Jersey City, NJ C-
68. Lubbock, TX C-
69. Jacksonville, FL C-
70. Austin, TX C-

71. Madison, WI D+
72. Stockton, CA D+
73. Aurora, CO D+
74. Birmingham, AL D+
75. Raleigh, NC D+
76. San Antonio, TX D+
77. Atlanta, GA D+
78. Corpus Christi, TX D
79. Orlando, FL D
80. St. Paul, MN D

81. Buffalo, NY D
82. Boston, MA D
83. Salt Lake City, UT D
84. Colorado Springs, CO D
85. Des Moines, IA D
86. Newark, NJ D-
87. Burlington, VT D-
88. Little Rock, AR D-
89. Anchorage, AK D-
90. Nashville, TN D-

Least lucky

91. Fargo, ND F
92. Miami, FL F
93. Bridgeport, CT F
94. St. Petersburg, FL F
95. Billings, MT F
96. Sioux Falls, SD F
97. Memphis, TN F
98. Jackson, MS F
99. Tampa, FL F
100. Charleston, WV F


http://www.dailymail.com/News/Kanawha/201110170219

[Scott Reppert]

Well, we here are in the Pittsburgh market, you know...

[the jive talkin one]

one of my favorite quotes of all time came from my former GM at WKLC, Tincy Crouse (not originally hers, of course...): The harder you work, the luckier you get!

[genlock]

The harder you work, the better your boss looks.

[the jive talkin one]

Well, we here are in the Pittsburgh market, you know...

and here in Huntington & Ashland, we think of ourselves as just up the river from Cincinnati!

[Jay Nunley]

Here in Logan we consider ourselves to be from Logan.