Posted on 06/13/2018 8:57:39 AM PDT by rktman
Quality of life in an American city often depends on the neighborhood one lives in, as abject poverty and crime can be found just blocks away from prosperity. Still, as much as a city can be judged on the whole, some cities face widespread problems that detract from their residents’ overall quality of life.
Americans take into consideration a number of factors when deciding where to live, including the quality of schools, the strength of the local economy and job market, the area’s safety and culture, as well as its climate. Cities that perform well by these measures are more likely to attract new residents, and those that do not tend to drive residents away.
To determine America’s worst cities to live in, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed data on the 551 U.S. cities with a population of 65,000 or more as measured by the U.S. Census Bureau. Based on a range of variables, including crime rates, employment growth, access to restaurants and attractions, educational attainment, and housing affordability, 24/7 Wall St. identified America’s 50 worst cities to live.
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Philly’s on the list and has a population over 1.5 million.
What? Salt Lake should be at the top of the list!
It’s terrible here! Don’t move here! Terrible I say.
Stay away, especially if you’re from the northeast or pacific coast!
You have all cities on your list— except you’ve added the entire state of New Jersey.
Yes, we have many cities that fit being on this thread, but there are many more nice places here— quite live able. (Except for the taxes!!) Have you ever been here? People who have never seen the state, often go along with the general idea that it is a junk state. It is not.
I was waiting for that! You noticed. Smile smile. I do understand. This has been only a test. Had it been a real alert, you would have been bussed to nyc
LOLOL! Bussed to NYC? Gads. Those in NYC are the ones coming here! My once conservative town has gone lib, because of the influx from the Big Apple!
” but not Los Angeles?”
There are numerous cities within Los Angeles basin listed like Watts, Compton etc. Loss Angeles is a megalopolis.
I’m guessing that the suburbs and cities surrounding these cities are pretty nice. Inner cities might be hell holes, but 10 miles outside the city limits may be much better.
Yup. The commie leftist stuff spreads like crabgrass or metastic cancer
Here’s the list top 100 and mayors and their political party
75 are Democrat run..........I live in Nashville it’s fair enough...
I like Boise
I like Salt Lake
I like Corpus where I’ve lived
I love New Orleans despite its crap ex mayor
I like Albuquerque
I lived in Dallas and NYC and Miami ...
What makes a city is who lives there.....GOP is no guarantee..they suck pretty much these days honestly only acceptable to us since Dems are even worse
I don’t hate LA to be honest I’ll be there for a week Sunday
Worst problem for me is private school costs in these cities whether GOP or Dem and it’s demographics more than political party...Indy for example...GOP mayor but it’s got big crime issues..
I like Austin but you tend to self segregate to your own kind
Now for someone who lives very rural this sounds like Swahili.....I live in semi rural getting suburban area south of Nashville but lived in town 14 years and again it’s schools schools schools....you pay for who your kids go to school with and political party of school district t only matters insofar as white conservatives vote in gop leadership which is more reflective of who lives there and who lives there makes the locale not which party is elected
The party elected is a symptom of the people more than the party males the city
Does that make sense?
1 New York, New York Bill de Blasio (D) 2014 2022 Strong mayor
2 Los Angeles, California Eric Garcetti (D) 2013 2022 Strong mayor
3 Chicago, Illinois Rahm Emanuel (D) 2011 2019 Strong mayor
4 Houston, Texas Sylvester Turner (D) 2016 2020 Strong mayor
5 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania James Kenney (D) 2016 2020 Strong mayor
6 Phoenix, Arizona Thelda Williams (D) 2012 2018 Council-manager
7 San Antonio, Texas Ron Nirenberg (I) 2017 2019 Council-manager
8 San Diego, California Kevin Faulconer (R) 2014 2020 Strong mayor
9 Dallas, Texas Mike Rawlings (D) 2011 2019 Council-manager
10 San Jose, California Sam Liccardo (D) 2007 2019 Council-manager
11 Austin, Texas Stephen Adler (D) 2015 2019 Council-manager
12 Indianapolis, Indiana Joseph Hogsett (D) 2016 2020 Strong mayor
13 Jacksonville, Florida Lenny Curry (R) 2015 2019 Strong mayor
14 San Francisco, California London Breed (D) 2017 2018 Strong mayor
15 Columbus, Ohio Andrew J. Ginther (D) 2015 2019 Strong mayor
16 Charlotte, North Carolina Vi Lyles (D) 2017 2019 Council-manager
17 Fort Worth, Texas Betsy Price (R) 2011 2019 Council-manager
18 Detroit, Michigan Mike Duggan (D) 2014 2022 Strong mayor
19 El Paso, Texas Dee Margo (R) 2017 2021 Council-manager
20 Memphis, Tennessee Jim Strickland (D) 2016 2020 Strong mayor
21 Seattle, Washington Jenny Durkan (D) 2017 2021 Strong mayor
22 Denver, Colorado Michael B. Hancock (D) 2011 2019 Strong mayor
23 Washington, D.C. Muriel Bowser (D) 2015 2019 Strong mayor
24 Boston, Massachusetts Martin Walsh (D) 2014 2022 Strong mayor
25 Nashville, Tennessee David Briley 2015 2019 Strong mayor
26 Baltimore, Maryland Catherine Pugh (D) 2016 2020 Strong mayor
27 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma David Holt (R) 2018 2018 Council-manager
28 Louisville, Kentucky Greg Fischer (D) 2010 2018 Strong mayor
29 Portland, Oregon Ted Wheeler (D) 2017 2021 City commission
30 Las Vegas, Nevada Carolyn Goodman (I) 2011 2019 Council-manager
31 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Tom Barrett (D) 2004 2020 Strong mayor
32 Albuquerque, New Mexico Tim Keller (D) 2017 2021 Strong mayor
33 Tucson, Arizona Jonathan Rothschild (D) 2011 2019 Council-manager
34 Fresno, California Lee Brand (R) 2017 2021 Hybrid
35 Sacramento, California Darrell Steinberg (D) 2016 2020 Council-manager
36 Long Beach, California Robert Garcia (D) 2014 2018 Council-manager
37 Kansas City, Missouri Sly James (D) 2011 2019 Council-manager
38 Mesa, Arizona John Giles (R) 2014 2020 Council-manager
39 Virginia Beach, Virginia Vacant (R) 2009 2021 Council-manager
40 Atlanta, Georgia Keisha Bottoms (D) 2018 2021 Strong mayor
41 Colorado Springs, Colorado John W. Suthers (R) 2015 2019 Strong mayor
42 Omaha, Nebraska Jean Stothert (R) 2013 2021 Strong mayor
43 Raleigh, North Carolina Nancy McFarlane (I) 2011 2019 Council-manager
44 Miami, Florida Francis Suarez (R) 2017 2021 Hybrid
45 Oakland, California Elizabeth “Libby” Schaaf (D) 2015 2019 Hybrid
46 Minneapolis, Minnesota Jacob Frey (D) 2018 2021 Strong mayor
47 Tulsa, Oklahoma G. T. Bynum (R) 2016 2020 Strong mayor
48 Cleveland, Ohio Frank Jackson (D) 2006 2021 Strong mayor
49 Wichita, Kansas Jeff Longwell (R) 2015 2019 Council-manager
50 Arlington, Texas Jeff Williams (R) 2015 2019 Council-manager
51 New Orleans, Louisiana Mitch Landrieu (D) 2010 2018 Strong mayor
52 Bakersfield, California Karen Goh (R) 2017 2020 Council-manager
53 Tampa, Florida Bob Buckhorn (D) 2011 2019 Strong mayor
54 Honolulu, Hawaii Kirk Caldwell (D) 2013 2021 Strong mayor
55 Aurora, Colorado Vacant 2011 2019 Council-manager
56 Anaheim, California Tom Tait (R) 2010 2018 Council-manager
57 Santa Ana, California Miguel Pulido (D) 1994 2018 Council-manager
58 St. Louis, Missouri Lyda Krewson (D) 2017 2021 Strong mayor
59 Riverside, California Rusty Bailey (I) 2012 2020 Council-manager
60 Corpus Christi, Texas Joe McComb (R) 2017 2018 Council-manager
61 Lexington, Kentucky Jim Gray (D) 2011 2019 Strong mayor
62 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Bill Peduto (D) 2014 2022 Strong mayor
63 Anchorage, Alaska Ethan Berkowitz (D) 2015 2019 Hybrid
64 Stockton, California Michael Tubbs (D) 2017 2020 Council-manager
65 Cincinnati, Ohio John Cranley (D) 2013 2021 Hybrid
66 St. Paul, Minnesota Melvin Carter III (D) 2018 2022 Strong mayor
67 Toledo, Ohio Wade Kapszukiewicz (D) 2018 2020 Strong mayor
68 Greensboro, North Carolina Nancy B. Vaughan (D) 2013 2019 Council-manager
69 Newark, New Jersey Ras J. Baraka (D) 2014 2018 Strong mayor
70 Plano, Texas Harry LaRosiliere 2013 2021 Council-manager
71 Henderson, Nevada Debra March (D) 2017 2021 Council-manager
72 Lincoln, Nebraska Chris Beutler (D) 2007 2019 Strong mayor
73 Buffalo, New York Byron Brown (D) 2005 2021 Strong mayor
74 Jersey City, New Jersey Steven Fulop (D) 2013 2021 Strong mayor
75 Chula Vista, California Mary Salas (D) 2014 2018 Council-manager
76 Fort Wayne, Indiana Tom Henry (D) 2008 2020 Strong mayor
77 Orlando, Florida Buddy Dyer (D) 2003 2020 Strong mayor
78 St. Petersburg, Florida Rick Kriseman (D) 2014 2022 Strong mayor
79 Chandler, Arizona Jay Tibshraeny (R) 2011 2019 Council-manager
80 Laredo, Texas Pete Saenz (I) 2014 2018 Council-manager
81 Norfolk, Virginia Kenneth Alexander (D) 2016 2018 Council-manager
82 Durham, North Carolina Steve Schewel (D) 2017 2019 Council-manager
83 Madison, Wisconsin Paul Soglin (D) 2011 2019 Strong mayor
84 Lubbock, Texas Dan Pope (R) 2016 2020 Council-manager
85 Irvine, California Donald P. Wagner (R) 2016 2018 Council-manager
86 Winston-Salem, North Carolina Allen Joines (D) 2001 2020 Council-manager
87 Glendale, Arizona Jerry Weiers (R) 2013 2021 Council-manager
88 Garland, Texas Douglas Athas (R) 2013 2019 Council-manager
89 Hialeah, Florida Carlos Hernandez (R) 2011 2021 Strong mayor
90 Reno, Nevada Hillary Schieve (I) 2014 2018 Council-manager
91 Chesapeake, Virginia Alan P. Krasnoff (R) 2008 2020 Council-manager
92 Gilbert, Arizona Jenn Daniels 2016 2020 Council-manager
93 Baton Rouge, Louisiana Sharon Weston Broome (D) 2017 2021 Strong mayor
94 Irving, Texas Rick Stopfer (R) 2017 2020 Council-manager
95 Scottsdale, Arizona Jim Lane (R) 2009 2021 Council-manager
96 North Las Vegas, Nevada John J. Lee (D) 2013 2021 Council-manager
97 Fremont, California Lily Mei (I) 2016 2020 Council-manager
98 Boise, Idaho David Bieter (D) 2004 2019 Strong mayor
99 San Bernardino, California Carey Davis (R) 2014 2018 Hybrid
100 Birmingham, Alabama Randall L. Woodfin (D) 2017 2021 Strong mayor
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Most of Chicago is great in my opinion
Freepers are bigoted towards any city except maybe Jacksonville and Spokane
I love Chicago....besides my dear New Orleans it’s my favorite at 60 years old
Charleston cause of wifeys youth there....
Louisville warts and all cause it’s little brother to Nashville though Lexington is prettier
Salt Lake City.....love it....great metro area for family raising ..nice people and pretty pretty feminine women
I loved New York
I loved Miami
Dallas and San Antonio San Marcos Austin even Houston if I’m in a good mood
Atlanta too if I get to live in Buckhead or Druid Hills
I like Tampa Bay Area
Hell I even like Denver and LA and Boston and Minneapolis
I live on a small horse farm 30 miles south of Nashville but this city hating here is silly I mean come on.
I did a little study recently on the murder rate in Baltimore City and the two surrounding counties.
Baltimore city had about 350 homicides last year.
Baltimore county and Anne Arundel County had about 30 each.
Baltimore City has a busy downtown Inner Harbor area. You couldn’t pay me to go there at night unarmed.
And since Maryland has very strict gun control where only the criminals carry, you ain’t getting me there at night period.
I found this odd too. Seems to mostly be tied to the per capita violent crime rate. It is an odd feeling city. Clearly a divide between those who belong to the church and those who don't. For those of us who aren't members of the church that aspect also feel unfamiliar as well. One example. I generally enjoy a beer or toddy after a days work. Had to pay a dollar to "join" the club at the Hotel to do so.
What makes a city is who lives there...
A very good point. Which also describes how I define a good city: by who's coming and going. IOW, are makers moving in? Or out? Just looked at Nashville's stats. To my mind, anyway, the stats look very problematic. More takers moving in and makers moving out. Ditto for the other cities you mentioned that I had a chance to check. Any city on the wrong end of my makers to takers ratio is not a place I'd want to live. FWIW. :-)
Nashville is not takers moving in by a long shot
Why would you assume it’s takers who move in
Nashville is overrun with hipsters and Yankees who overlap
But to their credit they are here to work
Nashville is arguably America’s boomtown today
In fact the folks who are the issue welfare wise are being supplanted
By folks who work.....often liberals who work ....yes some do
The family oriented more conservative newcomers go to the burbs not much new there
I don’t get this notion that the unemployed are who fuel boom towns or cities with growth
It’s the exact opposite
The taker towns are not having folks moving in
Detroit
Memphis
Cleveland
St. Louis
But this notion a democrat run city has to be a hellhole I sure simply wrong, if there is enough money they do ok...it’s when white flight starts and money starts running out
But some cities because of their sheer momentum just prevail
Like the USA in spite of Obama 8 years
Indianapolis is GOP mayor...but it’s got issues
Dallas has Democrat mayor as does Nashville but both are much better places to live
That’s my point
So what top 100 cities do you approve of as livable
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