Every year US News and World Report evaluates US cities to find the 50 best places to live. Many parameters are universally desired, such as how affordable is the housing, are there well-paying jobs in the vicinity, are other expenses low, how are the schools, and what is the quality of the healthcare? Other issues are more subjective, such as the weather, the politics, and how far away are family members.
The newspaper then got the data on 100 US cities and divided it all into five main indexes: job market, value, quality of life, desirability, net migration. “Value” is a combination of annual household income versus the cost of living. “Quality of life” looks at crime, college readiness, commuting, and other factors.
Here are the top ten of the top fifty places to live in the USA:
- Denver, Colorado
- Austin, Texas
- Fayetteville, Arkansas
- Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina
- Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Boise, Idaho
- Seattle, Washington
- Washington, DC
- San Francisco, California
- San Jose, California