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I Grew up in Johnson County, KS. I have no desire to ever move back there. If one enjoys living in a fantasyland suburbia bubble with snobs everywhere I would recommend it. The high population along with high population growth and a lack of green space plus parkland is an unbelievably huge negative.
Yet, neighboring Wyandotte County ranks in the lowest 20%, at 2940. However, this is an outlier. The counties all surrounding Wyandotte are all ranked very high.
I love this kind of stuff, but these rankings are totally bogus.
Poverty: whether other people are poor or not will not determine whether or not I am. You can isolate yourself from poverty just about anywhere.
Home value: cheaper homes would be better IMO. These rankings are skewed towards expensive places. How could a better QOL be determined by having an expensive house?
Income: a valuable barometer, only if it's weighted against overall COL.
Racial Diversity: overrated.
College Graduates: I guess if education and being around other educated folks is one's life goal.
Homeowner rate: gonna be skewed towards the suburbs.
Unemployment is a good criteria, but the metro figure should be used in suburban counties (to dilute the skew).
The best places to live right now are probably places like Omaha: stable economy and affordability.
What these rankings give us are uppity homogeneous areas class-wise. But I guess long commutes, high housing prices, and dubious factors like education and "diversity" are better indicators.
The best places to live right now are probably places like Omaha: stable economy and affordability.
What these rankings give us are uppity homogeneous areas class-wise. But I guess long commutes, high housing prices, and dubious factors like education and "diversity" are better indicators.
Actually, David, I just read your post, and one of the factors considered with this ranking matrix is "short commutes". The longer the commute to work, the worse the county ranking was.
The best places to live right now are probably places like Omaha: stable economy and affordability.
What these rankings give us are uppity homogeneous areas class-wise. But I guess long commutes, high housing prices, and dubious factors like education and "diversity" are better indicators.
Technically, the Forbes Bang For Your Buck list might be better and just take the county that the major city is in and that might be a better indicator for you personally or if one has the same perspective.
Yay, dark green for me Plymouth County, MA ... Mike can you tell me where Plymouth County ranks by any chance?
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Plymouth County, MA ... Mike can you tell me where Plymouth County ranks by any chance?
