Top 10 most miserable cities of 2011

There are many ways to gauge misery. This list considers 10 factors, including unemployment, crime, taxes and a few that are less serious but still elevate people's blood pressure, such as the weather, commute times and local sports-team performance.

To account for the misery caused by the housing bust, we tweaked the methodology for this year's list and considered foreclosure rates and the change in home prices in the past three years. Click here for a detailed methodology.

Here are the top 10 most miserable cities in the country.

How Britney has grown up

How Britney has grown up

Tiny Dancer

 "I grew up in a really small town," Britney Spears has said of life in Kentwood, Louisiana (pop. 2,656). "I'm a Southern girl and I'm used to cajun food and blues music. I love where I come from."