Which Major City Is Best To Live In?
- My city is the best. No, mine is the best!
- But, where is the best place to live in the U.S.?
- And what makes the best city to live in … well, the best?
- Weather? Cost of living? Crime rate?
America’s Best Cities – Bloomberg Newsweek
The Best Cities list highlighted the Top 50 cities across the U.S. based upon a certain set of criteria such as the following:[1]
- Infrastructure
- Restaurants, bars, and museums
- Libraries and professional sports teams
- Number of park acres per 1,000 residents
- Education
- Performance of public schools
- Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree
- Number of colleges
- Economic Factors
- Median household income
- Poverty
- Unemployment
- Foreclosure rates
- Crime
- Violent crimes
- Property crimes
Four Cities Voted Best to Live In:
Raleigh, NC
With a population just less than 380,000, tiny Raleigh beat out four other cities for the top spot in the Business Week list: [2]
- Arlington,VA
- Honolulu, HI
- Scottsdale, AZ
- Irvine, CA
According to Business Week’s 16 criteria,Raleighscores highest in 12 of them. [2]
- Infrastructure[4]
- Raleigh has 867 restaurants, 110 bars, 51 museums, 18 libraries, and one professional sports team [4]
- Situated as the anchor point of the Research Triangle,Raleighhas 10 colleges, including Duke andNorth Carolina State [1], [2]
- Education[4]
- Public schools scored 74.4%
- 47% of the population has a bachelor’s degree
- Economic factors[1]
- The median household income is $53,370
- With 13.9% under the poverty level, 6.9% of the population is unemployed
- The foreclosure rate is 0.0056%
- Crime [1]
- Violent crime rate is 492.9
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Scottsdale, AZ
This wealthy suburb of Phoenix has a population of 233,105 and is in the No. 4 spot on the Business Week list. [3]
- Infrastructure[1]
- Scottsdale has 622 restaurants, 76 bars, 95 museums, 7 libraries, but no professional sports teams
- Education [1]
- Scottsdale has the second-highest ranking schools on the Business Week list
- Public schools scored 79.74%
- 50.5% of residents have a college degree
- Economic factors[1], [2]
- The median household income is $70,040
- Foreclosure rate is .0208%
- 6.9% of the population are below the poverty line
- Crime [1]
- Violent crime rate is 171.5
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San Diego, CA
San Diego, CA
is in the 7th spot. This city with “classically perfect weather” has a population of 1,307,402. [1], [6]
- Infrastructure [1]
- Although it only has 2 professional sports team,San Diego has 2,945 restaurants
- 283 Bars and 199 Museums
- Home to 54 libraries and 24 colleges
- Education [1]
- The school score was 70.79%
- 40.6% of the population holds a college degree
- Economic Factors [1],[6]
- Median household income: $61,962
- 14.1% live under poverty level
- 8.9% are unemployed
- Foreclosure rate .0139%
- Crime [1]
- Violent crime rate is 451.1
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Austin, TX
Austin, TX
is in the 12th best place to live, according to BusinessWeek list. [1] This city of live music has a population of 747,984[1]
- Infrastructure[4]
- 1,818 restaurants
- 209 Bars 8 colleges
- 46 libraries and 0 professional sports teams
- Education [1]
- The school score was 71.89%
- 43.5% of the population holds a college degree
- Economic Factors [1]
- Median household income: $50,236
- 17.5% live under poverty level
- 6.4% are unemployed
- Foreclosure rate .0046%
- Crime
- Violent crime rate is 523.3
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Austin, TX.
Rounding out the list in the number 45-50 position according to the Business Week list: [1]
- Irving, TX
- Phoenix,AZ
- Oakland, CA
- Tampa, FL
- Winston-Salem, NC
Sources:
[1]
http://images.businessweek.com/slideshows/20110920/america-s-50-best-cities
[2] http://finance.yahoo.com/news/pf_article_113528.html
[3] http://finance.yahoo.com/news/pf_article_113529.html
[4]
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0666000.html
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