Top Honors can be the Pits

Being number one is the best. If you can't be number one, you want to be number two. If you can't be number two, then three. And so on.

Recently, Medford placed fifth in a nationwide ranking of cities. Fifth overall. That's pretty great.

But it all comes crashing back to Earth when I reveal what the list was. The brokest cities in the country.

Based on unemployment, median income, and average personal debt-- Medford is the fifth brokest city in the United States.