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Seems like CA and FL un-doings are the atypical housing and unemployment issues.
Everywhere else on the list seems to be mainly crime.
The way I see it, they need to be a little more specific about what crime and whom it is inflicted upon.
If it's two separate gangs or drug-lords spending brass on each other, then that's something I wouldn't be too concerned about.
I think they're flawed, but why do Forbes lists seem to get so much anger/criticism on this site? Even lists that are based on the subjective opinion of a select group seem to get less criticism than Forbes, so that makes me think "Forbes' methodology is flawed" is not really the explanation. That it's something else.
Is it that Forbes has a different view of what qualifies as "good" or "bad" in cities/towns than you do? I know they seem to value population growth, low unemployment, and low crime. People here seem to value population density, public transportation, "color", and other aesthetics. They might be looking more at people with money and children. You guys often seem to be looking more at what's good for single or divorced people. Is it something like that? Or is it just that they have so many dang ads to get to their page.
Addendum: I'm not a sportsperson so I might agree with you on their list this time. I couldn't care less if a town has no good teams.
Their regional and political biases make for predictable lists that don't seem all that informative.
And, as you mentioned, the sports angle is just dumb. No matter how big a fan you are, that's no way to measure a city. Maybe that's meant to be a joke; if so, I didn't catch it.
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I can't stand those Forbes polls, they are so stupid and baseless. As if a major league sports team were not winning in my hometown would somehow compromise my quality of life. OK, whatever. It might be an amusing read if they polled how many people are using anti-depressants per capita in these cities, but even that wouldn't hold water.
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