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Houston area: Cinco Ranch- 92
Sugar Land-89
West U- 88
Bunker Hill Village- 88
New Territory- 88
Sienna Plantation- 88
El Lago- 88
Piney Point Village- 88 Pecan Grove- 87
Meadows Place 87
West Houston 87
Taylor Lake 87
South Side Place 86
Deer Park- 86
Friendswood -86
DFW- Murphy- 89
Allen- 89
Highland Park- 88
Coppell- 88
Plano- 88
Rockwall- 88 University Park-87
Frisco- 87
Flower Mound 87
South Lake 87
Far North Dallas- 87
Garland-86
Richardson-86
The top areas for these two was not quite what I was expecting. Interesting to see a different perspective. The SW cities of Cinco Ranch, Sugar Land, New Territory, Sienna Plantation seem to give the Vilalge cities a run for their money
One thing I noticed is their weather ranking system is fkn stupid and I don't get it. And when you look at what data they are using it looks like they are using record high and low temperatures over the past 3-7 years instead of averages.
Seems obvious that their weather rankings are ... if it's hot, it's good. The highest ranked (of the 100 top cities) was Bullhead City, Arizona. Six months of the year the average temperature is 88 deg. or higher. That's too hot, IMO. But they rank that as the highest. Their top 100 "cities" are almost all in the southern U.S.
Judging by the neigbhoods/suburbs in the Portland ranking, I'd agree with it wholeheartedly. I'm just not sure the nation-wide rankings are as accurate. But not bad, over all.
They also gave the Mount Greenwood in Chicago an F for crime even though there's been 0 homicides there in the last 6 years. Yet Logan Square with 23 homicides in 6 years has a D.....They also gave it an A for amenities even though it's very residential, not very walkable, and there's not a lot there except houses.
Such a bad website. Not to mention they don't cite their sources for their statistics used to generate their rankings.
My zip code got an A+ for amenities yet a D for Cost of Living. I purchased and renovated my 3 Bedroom home for less than $100,000 and pay less than $500 a year in property taxes. In what other major city is this even possible?
I actually see now they added neighborhoods. My neighborhood's livability score is 77. A few of the popular neighborhoods
Lakeview - 79
Lincoln Park - 79
Near North Side - 77
North Center - 77
Lincoln Square - 74
Logan Square - 70
However, this is how I know the rankings are very inaccurate. For crime, Norwood Park got a D+, North Center got a C, and Lincoln Square got a D+, while Lakeview got a C. Very, very inaccurate.... Just homicides alone, in the last SIX years, Norwood Park has had 4 homicides, North Center has had 2, Lincoln Square has had 4, and Lakeview has had 11. Makes no sense how Lakeview with 11 homicides in 6 years can be ranked higher than Norwood Park, which is next to the suburbs, very quiet and has had only 4 homicides in 6 years. Lakeview has also had some random incidents here and there, non homicide, that you NEVER see in an area like Norwood Park, North Center, or Lincoln Square. It makes no sense.
Also the cost of living thing...also very, very inaccurate. My girlfriend used to live in Lincoln Square which has a D for COL, yet her 2 bedroom 1300 sq foot apartment was a total of $1150/month and she was paying $575/month for it. In Irving Park, her friend was living in a 2000 sq foot 3 bedroom apartment for a total of $1500/month and her share after all utilities and rent was $500/month, yet the neighborhood has a D rating. North Center has an F rating for COL, yet you can find studios for under $800/month there, yet my neighborhood, Near North Side which is downtown has an F rating as well and my rent for a 1 bedroom is over $1300/month and that's considered slightly below average rent for the area. How does North Center have the same COL as my neighborhood? It seems as if they are comparing the numbers to a state or national average, when they should be comparing them to cities of similar size in some kind of range. Obviously the 1 bedroom apartment rent in a 50,000 person city in the middle of Iowa is going to be less than the rent in the middle of a city with a few million people in it.
I don't see how they came up with some of these rankings.
My zip code got an A+ for amenities yet a D for Cost of Living. I purchased and renovated my 3 Bedroom home for less than $100,000 and pay less than $500 a year in property taxes. In what other major city is this even possible?
Only a few. Philadelphia, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Minneapolis area, etc.
that is laughable, Mt. Greenwood is one of the safest places in Chicago
Yeah. Very safe, basically suburban neighborhood with minimal crime gets an F, yet Logan Square with more crime gets a D (I think Logan Square also got an F for COL yet most of the places there are really cheap).
Yeah. Very safe, basically suburban neighborhood with minimal crime gets an F, yet Logan Square with more crime gets a D (I think Logan Square also got an F for COL yet most of the places there are really cheap).
I just plugged in Edison Park and it gets a D+ for crime. Absolute joke.
I just plugged in Edison Park and it gets a D+ for crime. Absolute joke.
Even versus the national average, these areas are better than normal. Where I grew up in Minnesota is always named to one of the "best places to live in the US" lists from Money Magazine. It still had 1-2 homicides per year but somehow Mount Greenwood with 0 homicides in the last 6 years (and probably longer) has an F.
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