Cloud Nine

Cloud nine is "the plumpest and most cushiony-looking" of all the cloud types. (Bill Bryson's words) But the cumulonimbus may not be all that it's cracked up to be. Recent surveys show an alarming number of slums located more and more at the heart of these pleasure zones. This is partly due to the extreme need for cheap labor to keep these plump cotton candy palaces affordable. It's becoming more difficult to exhibit a polished exterior on these rotting cesspools where health standards and living conditions in general are degrading to a point of condemnation.

This in turn has caused a whole cottage industry of cloud demolition to spring up in neighboring cirrostratus clouds. Most charts name these Cloud Two (right after Cirrus), but nobody wants to live on cloud two even though they are much higher than the low floating cloud nines. Maybe this is like that misdirection the Vikings used to get people to move to Greenland instead of stopping at the Ibiza of the 800's: Iceland. So now you know. Cloud Two is where it's happening.