I had to click through three pages and didn't even get an easy to read top 15 list?

Detroit and 14 of its suburbs?

Does Octomom's uterus count as a city yet?

Quick, do you know how much I hate slide shows disguised as lists?

Hollywood is empty of ideas.

Washington is empty of ideals.

Take your pick.

I couldn't even name you 15 American cities

Maybe I missed it, but the article doesn't even contain the farking list.

It contains a link to another article that contains the list.

In the form of a 15-page slideshow.

Subby?

FAIL.

Define empty....no people or no brains?

Gah, the link in the article goes to a slideshow. Fark this.

Inconceivable!: I couldn't even name you 15 American cities

If ignorance were bliss, you'd be in the spa right now.

Quick, can you name the fifteen emptiest cities in America?

No, and apparently neither can the author.

Quick, do you know how much I hate slide shows disguised as lists?

This isn't event that good. It's an article with a link to a slideshow disguised as a list.

RoadDoggyDogg: I had to click through three pages and didn't even get an easy to read top 15 list?

THIS

Subby needs a flogging.

The link to the list is hard to find. It goes to a slideshow. I no longer care.

i live in atlanta and after seeing all the vacant McMansions lying empty with the sod not even set i am not getting a kick out of this.

not to mention the half million dollar condos they keep building in the slums. and building and building.

cuz if there's one thing this city needs it's even more housing for homeless millionaires. they must be our largest demographic judging by all this new construction.

/not at all surprised that this was all just a money scam of grand proportions

Greensboro, N.C., huh? I used to live there.

eightballart: Does Octomom's uterus count as a city yet?

+2 New keyboard, please!

Click here to learn more about America's emptiest cities at our partner site, Forbes.com

No way. Forbes have the most badly designed and annoying slide shows I've ever seen.

cmon mods, out the subtard!

15(tie). Charlotte/Gastonia/Concord, NC
15(tie). Cincinnati, OH/Middletown, KY
14. Bakersfield, CA
13. Tampa/St. Petersburg/Clearwater, FL
12. Chicago/Naperville/Joliet, IL
11. Miami/Ft. Lauderdale/Miami Beach, FL
9(tie). Indianapolis, IN
9(tie). Jacksonville, FL
8. Kansas City, MO/KS
7. Orlando, FL
6. Phoenix/Mesa/Scottsdale, AZ
5. Dayton, OH
4. Greensboro/High Point, NC
3. Atlanta/Sandy Springs/Marietta, GA

Here's page one:

Las Vegas edged Detroit for the title of America's most abandoned city. Atlanta came in third, followed by Greensboro, N.C., and Dayton, Ohio.

That's as far as I'm going.

2. Detroit/Warren/Livonia, MI
1. Las Vegas, NV

Not sure how I did that. Must've tabbed down while alt+tabbing.

By ZACK O'MALLEY GREENBURG An Irish Jew?

eightballart: Does Octomom's uterus count as a city yet?

you win 1 interwebs

does anyone really care about any of Forbes' lists anyway?

Detroit trivia
Link

How is New Orleans not on this slideshow/list?

i_dig_chicks: By ZACK O'MALLEY GREENBURG An Irish Jew?

You've never read James Joyce's Ulysses, have you?

/jk. No one has.

eightballart: Does Octomom's uterus count as a city yet?

WINNAR!

skinink: Las Vegas the emptiest city? No way. I moved there back in the 90's when everyone was still moving there. I read something that said for every 1,000 people that moved from Vegas, 2,000 people moved in. And this went on for years, so I can't imagine it can be too empty. It's just the current vacancy rate for homes and rentals which are probably way on the outskirts of Vegas.
I wish Boston had a vacancy rise as rental prices are still insane. Just look at some of the rental rates on Craigslist for Boston apartments. It's unbelievable.

I think this vacancy rate is connected to the fact that "we" built 1000's more dwellings than were needed and now that the real estate bubble has burst--we have thousands more dwellings than we need. It always appeared that way to me, anyway. I looked at all these houses going up, everywhere, and though, Who the fark is going to buy in these houses? Our population isn't growing that fast, and even if it was, they aren't buying $300,000 houses.

I lived in a tiny tourist town in Montana. Even there, the construction boom went crazy. There's one subdivision in town--there's one, total, that is--and I think half of the homes in it are either empty or for sale. it's been like for at least 10 years. Probably worse now.

whatabrotherknow: How is New Orleans not on this slideshow/list?

Debris is rarely considered "live-able"

For your Farking pleasure:

15: Charlotte/Gastonia/Concord, North Carolina
15: Cincinati, Ohio/Middleton, KY
14: Bakersfield, California
13: Tampa/St. Petersburg/Clearwater, Fla.
12: Chicago/Naperville/Joliet, Ill.
11: Miami/Ft. Lauderdale/Miami Beach, Fla.
09: (Tie): Indianapolis, Ind.
09: (Tie): Jacksonville, Fla.
08: Kansas City, Mo./Kansas City, Kan.
07: Orlando, Fla.
06: Phoenix/Mesa/Scottsdale, Ariz.
05: Dayton, Ohio
04: Greensboro/High Point, N.C.
03: Atlanta/Sandy Springs/Marietta, Ga.
02: Detroit/Warren/Livonia, Mich.
01: Las Vegas/Paradise, Nev.

// was that so damn hard, Forbes, really?
// there really was no number 10

Here's the shiaty slideshow that goes through the cities:

shiaty slideshow(p)

I have it on good autority that the subtard is .... Klivian

Here's the link^ to the shiatty Forbes.com slideshow

skinink:
I wish Boston had a vacancy rise as rental prices are still insane. Just look at some of the rental rates on Craigslist for Boston apartments. It's unbelievable.

I think I may need a good cry now. Boston is one of my top grad school choices, which means I'll be dirt poor in a very expensive (albeit fantastic) city.

I knew Kansas City would be on that list.

That sucks, I've always liked Greensboro.

towatchoverme: Inconceivable!: I couldn't even name you 15 American cities

If ignorance were bliss, you'd be in the spa right now.

Silence! My steamed filled happy ending is about to begin! And darling, would please bring me my latte?

I SAID NO FAT

RoadDoggyDogg: I had to click through three pages and didn't even get an easy to read top 15 list?

use the Forbes link in the article, it's easier

RoadDoggyDogg: I had to click through three pages and didn't even get an easy to read top 15 list?

This. I can't name them because this list is not in the article. But luckily there is a not very well labeled link to slideshow of the list. Oh joy!

skinink:
I wish Boston had a vacancy rise as rental prices are still insane. Just look at some of the rental rates on Craigslist for Boston apartments. It's unbelievable.

Yeah, let me know when San Francisco becomes cheap and empty too.

I can believe Vegas is number one. Empty houses, apartments and businesses everywhere. There are some parts of town that are really extra creepy now.

Only 4% for Detroit? Really?

I know that's almost 1/20, but even if you drive through areas like Pontiac (or Flint for that matter), it seems like a lot more than 4% vacant. I guess I can't tell the difference between a rental and a for-sale home from the street.

Scary stuff, all around.

I'm originally from Greensboro and lived there up until a year ago. I'm not surprised. High point is a hell hole.

I didn't RTFA, but I guess I am a little confused as to what constitutes an empty city...cuz, to me empty would be lacking of people...not neccesarily having too many houses/apartments...

Cheesus: 2. Detroit/Warren/Livonia, MI
1. Las Vegas, NV

Not sure how I did that. Must've tabbed down while alt+tabbing.

I assumed you were just holding to some sort of standard, expecting us to remember from TFA that Vegas and Detroit held the top spots.

Really clumsily written article.

The writer is lucky to work for (or be contracted by) ABC.

FTFA: Many homeowners suddenly found themselves with properties worth far less than the mortgages they'd taken out. In the worst cases, banks foreclosed, leaving people without homes--and with more debt than they'd had to begin with.

Thank you summer of 2008 article!

little miss: I can believe Vegas is number one. Empty houses, apartments and businesses everywhere. There are some parts of town that are really extra creepy now.

Like an old-fashioned Bruce Willis movie waiting to happen...

I have to question their definition for "emptiest." There are entire city blocks in detroit that have a single house on them.

Cheesus: 15(tie). Charlotte/Gastonia/Concord, NC
15(tie). Cincinnati, OH/Middletown, KY
14. Bakersfield, CA
13. Tampa/St. Petersburg/Clearwater, FL
12. Chicago/Naperville/Joliet, IL
11. Miami/Ft. Lauderdale/Miami Beach, FL
9(tie). Indianapolis, IN
9(tie). Jacksonville, FL
8. Kansas City, MO/KS
7. Orlando, FL
6. Phoenix/Mesa/Scottsdale, AZ
5. Dayton, OH
4. Greensboro/High Point, NC
3. Atlanta/Sandy Springs/Marietta, GA

Middletown, KY? Never heard of it. The slideshow folks either meant Covington, KY or Middletown, OH.