Waterbury named one of saddest cities in country

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WATERBURY, CT (WFSB) -

A publication has named Waterbury as one of the saddest cities in the United States.

According to the Atlantic, the Connecticut city made the top five in the study, which was conducted from 10 million tweets that were sent out from 373 different cities.

The study also stated that the Brass City was the only municipality "south of Rust Belt" that appeared on the list.

The conductors of the study also said that Waterbury appeared on the worst places to live list as well.

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