Here’s one new list (pointer via Planetizen):
1. Honolulu, Hawaii
2. Virginia Beach, Virginia
3. Billings, Montana
4. Columbus, Georgia
5 San Diego, California
6. Des Moines, Iowa
7. Minneapolis, Minnesota
8. Madison, Wisconsin
9. Colorado Springs, Colorado
10. Santa Rosa, California
My list from Who’s Your City? is here.
Compare, contrast, comment?
May 23rd, 2008 at 3:39 am
Tried to guess what the list was, before looking. Was way wrong. Families? Looks like BestLife forgot to include “cost of living”!
May 23rd, 2008 at 9:21 am
I cannot believe they put together a list of the 100 best cities to raise a family in and skipped over cities in Utah. Surely at least Provo-Orem should have made the list.
May 23rd, 2008 at 10:26 am
Hawaii gets props for its per student spending rate? Did the creator of the list take into consideration that EVERYTHING in Hawaii is extremely expensive? So if that spending rate is because it costs 10% extra for all supplies etc, then it’s actually a rather misleading statistic.
The additional sparse comments on cities provided give the appearance of a highly arbitrary ranking…
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Odd list. Everyone knows that San Jose and Sacramento are two of the best cities in California for families. Also, any big city in Canada should easily make the list.
May 23rd, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Odd. Aside from Madison and maybe Minneapolis I would put this down as 10 boring places to raise your kids, or 10 places to raise your boring kids. Alright, maybe surfers aren’t totally boring, but??
May 29th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
Which metro is more accepting of arab muslims Houston Texas, Raleigh Durham NC or Charlotte NC?????
September 30th, 2009 at 9:00 am
How can Santa Rosa be number 10!?!? Who did this poll?