Rank 4 Southern-ish cities: Richmond, Louisville, New Orleans, Jacksonville (best, crime, life)

[NDFan]

How would you rank-order each of these very different Southern-ish cities (Richmond, Louisville, New Orleans, Jacksonville) on the following dimensions:

Economy:
Traffic:
Weather:
Crime:
Attractions/Things to See:
Scenery:
Dining Out:
Nightlife:
Shopping:
Sports:
Public Transit:
Education:
Medium-Term Potential (next 10-15 years):
Diversity:
Architecture
Vibrancy of CBD:
Vibrancy of Neighborhoods:

[jjbradleynyc]

4=worst in category
1=best in category
*unless otherwise noted

Economy:
4 New Orleans
3 Louisville
2 Richmond
1 Jacksonville

Traffic: too close to call. I'd say Richmond might have some of the worst. Not totally convinced though

Weather:
4 New Orleans
3 Louisville
2 Jacksonville
1 Richmond

Crime: (least crime, to most)
4 Jacksonville
3 Richmond
2 Louisville
1 New Orleans

Attractions/Things to See:
4 Richmond
3 Louisville
2 Jacksonville
1 New Orleans

Scenery:
4 Louisville
3 New Orleans
2 Richmond
1 Jacksonville

Dining Out:
4 Louisville
3 Richmond
2 Jacksonville
big gap
1 New Orleans

Nightlife:
4 Richmond
3 Louisville
2 Jacksonville
big gap
1 New Orleans

Shopping:
4 Louisville
3 Jacksonville
2 Richmond
1 New Orleans

Sports:
4 Louisville
3 Richmond
2 Jacksonville
1 New Orleans

Public Transit:
4 Jacksonville
3 Louisville
2 Richmond
1 New Orleans

Education:
4 New Orleans
3 Louisville
2 Jacksonville
1 Richmond

Medium-Term Potential (next 10-15 years):
4 New Orleans
3 Louisville
2 Richmond
1 Jacksonville

Diversity:
4 Jacksonville
3 Louisville
2 Richmond
1 New Orleans

Architecture
4 Jacksonville
3 Louisville
2 Richmond
1 New Orleans

Vibrancy of CBD:
4 Louisville
3 Jacksonville
2 Richmond
1 New Orleans

Vibrancy of Neighborhoods:
4 Jacksonville
3 Louisville
2 Richmond
1 New Orleans

My overall rank:
4 Louisville
3 Jacksonville
2 Richmond
1 New Orleans

[NDFan]

My opinion (1 is best, 4 is worst):

Economy:
New Orleans
Louisville
Richmond
Jacksonville

Traffic: Hard to say; New Orleans probably worst(?)

Weather:
New Orleans
Jacksonville
Louisville
Richmond

Crime (first is most):
New Orleans
Richmond
Louisville
Jacksonville (still not low, but it's a high crime bunch)

Attractions:
Richmond
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Jacksonville
Louisville
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New Orleans

Scenery:
Louisville
New Orleans
Richmond
Jacksonville (not the most beautiful, but pretty nice looking for FL, with very underrated beach area 25 minutes away in suburbs)

Dining Out:
Louisville
Richmond
Jacksonville
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New Orleans

Entertainment:
Louisville
Jacksonville
Richmond
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New Orleans

Shopping:
Louisville
Jacksonville
Richmond
New Orleans

Sports:
Richmond
Louisville
Jacksonville
New Orleans

Public Transit:
Jacksonville
Richmond
Louisville
New Orleans

Education:
New Orleans
Jacksonville
Louisville
Richmond

Medium-Term Potential:
New Orleans
Louisville
Richmond
Jacksonville

Diversity
Jacksonville
Louisville
Richmond
New Orleans

Architecture
Jacksonville
Louisville
Richmond
New Orleans

Vibrancy of CBD
Jacksonville
Louisville
Richmond
New Orleans

Vibrancy of Neighborhoods
Louisville
Jacksonville
Richmond
New Orleans

[TarHeelNick]

New Orleans is "southern-ish"?

How do you figure?

[NDFan]

Originally Posted by TarHeelNick

New Orleans is "southern-ish"?

How do you figure?

I'm just trying to find a way to put them all under one umbrella. Obviously New Orleans is Deep South, although it very much has its own unique flavor too.

[bus man]

Originally Posted by jjbradleynyc

My overall rank:
4 Louisville
3 Jacksonville
2 Richmond
1 New Orleans

Interesting that you ranked Jacksonville as No. 1 or 2 in half of all the categories, yet you ranked it No. 3 overall. Was there a low ranking in a particular category that you felt was weighted more heavily than some others?