PASSAIC — On a miserable rainy October afternoon in the city of Passaic, named the fourth-most-miserable city in the country by one study, we asked residents if they were indeed miserable.

To identify the most miserable city in America, according to residents, 24/7 Tempo reviewed the happiness score of all 383 metro areas in the U.S. from digital health company Sharecare’s ...

What exactly does it mean to be labeled “the most miserable city in America”? Is it the absolute worst place to live in our increasingly miserable country? “Not the worst, just the most ...