St. Louis ranked 18th among nation's 'smart places' to live
I just read that St. Louis has been ranked #18 in the Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine's top 50 "Smart Places to Live." Aparently this survey ranked the cost of living, homes, crime (Funny, because just a few months ago, in a different survey, St. Louis was ranked the second most dangerous city in the country), health care, climate, environment and education.
Three other Missouri cities also made the cut: Kansas City came in sixth, Columbia 24th and Jefferson City 35th.
I wonder what cities were considered, and whether it was the "city" of St. Louis or the entire St. Louis metropolitian area that was judged to be a "smart place" to live. Also interesting is the size of St. Louis vs. the size of Columbia for example...
I just read that St. Louis has been ranked #18 in the Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine's top 50 "Smart Places to Live." Aparently this survey ranked the cost of living, homes, crime (Funny, because just a few months ago, in a different survey, St. Louis was ranked the second most dangerous city in the country), health care, climate, environment and education.
Three other Missouri cities also made the cut: Kansas City came in sixth, Columbia 24th and Jefferson City 35th.
I wonder what cities were considered, and whether it was the "city" of St. Louis or the entire St. Louis metropolitian area that was judged to be a "smart place" to live. Also interesting is the size of St. Louis vs. the size of Columbia for example...
Their Top 10 doesn't seem to include very many dynamic places. I mean, Pittsburgh?
ReplyDeleteI'm betting that the results would have been completely differently about ten years ago. Places like Austin, San Jose, and other then-hot locales probably would have dominated.
So if the rankings would change that quickly, what use are they? Who wants to move halfway across the country every five or six years?