Farmers Insurance Safe City Rating (Boise: crime, depreciation, housing)

[redpatcher]

I was surprised to see the Farmers Insurace rating Albuquerque above Boise. Big surprise to me as I would not have thought Alburquerque should have made the top 20 list. Granted I take difference with several other cities on the list too. Your thoughts.

Fifth Annual Farmers Insurance Study Ranks Seattle Area as Most Secure Large U.S. Community - MarketWatch

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[Torrie]

In the article it states a few of the requirements below:

"A high job growth rate and long life expectancy, along with minimal housing depreciation and lack of extreme weather contributed to the area's top rating in the study."

I would say Boise has slipped from its #2 spot due to the poor economy. Our job growth has slowed and we've seen housing depreciation. I feel confident in saying that crime wise, we beat the top five hands down.

[boi2socal]

Hey! Boise is a "large" metro area! woot woot. lol