Safest cities to raise kids

[wolfgang239]

Here's another one of those lists. 6 of the top 20 on this list are in MA and pretty consistently recommended on here. Melrose, Lexington, Milton, Needham, Newton, and Arlington.

Interestingly but not surprisingly one of the 100 least affordable on the list was Somerville. They did observe suburbanization growing, likely as cities ike this become playgrounds for the rich.

[timberline742]

Originally Posted by wolfgang239

Here's another one of those lists. 6 of the top 20 on this list are in MA and pretty consistently recommended on here. Melrose, Lexington, Milton, Needham, Newton, and Arlington.

Interestingly but not surprisingly one of the 100 least affordable on the list was Somerville. They did observe suburbanization growing, likely as cities ike this become playgrounds for the rich.

Odd that a bunch of the ones you listed aren't cities at all. I guess what they meant was medium size towns or tiny cities.

[robr2]

Originally Posted by timberline742

Odd that a bunch of the ones you listed aren't cities at all. I guess what they meant was medium size towns or tiny cities.

I presume that they looked at municipalities between 25K and 100K. It's rare outside of New England/Northeast to have towns with over 25K residents. The difference is really just in the management structure so a publication like wallethub isn't going to make the distinction.

[WillRunForBeer]

Nice to see Milford in the 86th percentile despite how much grief the town gets here.



And something is up with the affordability methodology when Wellesley is ranked 146 spots higher on the "more affordable" scale than Milford...

[wolfgang239]

Originally Posted by WillRunForBeer

And something is up with the affordability methodology when Wellesley is ranked 146 spots higher on the "more affordable" scale than Milford...

You need to look at the methodology. The affordability ranking gives a lot of weight to home ownership rates and housing cost burden.

[WillRunForBeer]

...hence why I said something is up with the methodology! Nothing is inherently wrong with using those metrics in some capacity, but to refer to them as "affordability" is grossly misleading.

[GeoffD]

Technically, a city in Massachusetts is a form of government. Mayor. City council. Gardner and Easthampton are cities.