my ten best places? I don't think so

Gacked from gramina, and http://www.bestplaces.net/fybp/.

Even granted that I probably confused the heck out of it by wanting low housing costs and a good environment, I still don't know how it came up with San Francisco as number one. Let alone putting four other places above my beloved Pacific NW. And none of them are cheap places to live...

1 . San Francisco , CA (see San Francisco, CA)
Econ.–C, Housing–C, Educ.–A-, Health–A
Crime–C+ Rec.–A+, Culture–A+, Trans.–A+

I spent my teenage years in suburban SF and was not happy there.

2 . Boston , MA-NH-ME (see Boston, MA)
Econ.–C+, Housing–C, Educ.–A, Health–A
Crime–B Rec.–A+, Culture–A+, Trans.–A+

Expensive. And cold.

3 . Washington , DC-MD-VA-WV (see Washington, DC)
Econ.–C, Housing–C+, Educ.–A, Health–A
Crime–C+ Rec.–A+, Culture–A+, Trans.–A+

Expensive. And hot and humid.

4 . New York , NY (see New York, NY)
Econ.–C-, Housing–C, Educ.–B+, Health–B+
Crime–C+ Rec.–A+, Culture–A+, Trans.–A+

Way too expensive, and too hot and cold.

5 . Long Island , NY (see Long Island, NY)
Econ.–C, Housing–C, Educ.–A, Health–A-
Crime–A+ Rec.–A+, Culture–A+, Trans.–B+

See #4.

6 . Seattle-Bellevue-Everett , WA (see Seattle, WA)
Econ.–B, Housing–C+, Educ.–B-, Health–B+
Crime–C Rec.–A+, Culture–A+, Trans.–A+

Okay, at last. But it couldn't even put me in the cheaper (relatively) part of the right part of the world.

7 . Los Angeles-Long Beach , CA (see Los Angeles, CA)
Econ.–C, Housing–C+, Educ.–B, Health–B
Crime–C+ Rec.–A+, Culture–A+, Trans.–A+

I grew up there. Yuck.

8 . Minneapolis-St. Paul , MN-WI (see Minneapolis, MN)
Econ.–B, Housing–C+, Educ.–A-, Health–A-
Crime–C+ Rec.–A+, Culture–A+, Trans.–A

Too bleeding cold.

9 . Chicago , IL (see Chicago, IL)
Econ.–C+, Housing–C+, Educ.–B+, Health–B+
Crime–C- Rec.–A+, Culture–A+, Trans.–A+

Too bleeding Midwest.

10 . Pittsburgh , PA (see Pittsburgh, PA)
Econ.–C, Housing–C+, Educ.–B, Health–A
Crime–A- Rec.–A+, Culture–A+, Trans.–A+

I lived in that part of the world for six years. No, thank you.

Where I am now came up #37. Never mind that it's where I've been the happiest of my entire life...

32 out of 100 -- not awful, anyway

Gacked from my FL, where it seems to be going around this week. Now, I was an English major in college thirty years ago. This may or may not mean a higher number, but it also probably means there's more than a few I've read that I don't remember all that well [g].

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