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Old 07-27-2010, 11:35 AM
 
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Another goofy Forbes list:

The Best Cities For Working Mothers, 2010 - Forbes.com

#1-#3 overall were Minneapolis, Washington, and Boston. The link has more details on methodology, but out of 50 cities Pittsburgh was #9 in Spending per Pupil, #10 in Cost of Living, #11 in Violent Crime, and #20 in all three of Women's Income, Pediatricians, and Unemployment.

As always, in my view these items are more notable for the mere fact of the good press, as opposed to the dubious rigor of the rankings.
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Old 07-27-2010, 04:41 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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I heard about that on the news and just rolled my eyes at their methodology of the ranking.
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Old 07-27-2010, 05:09 PM
 
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I think that we the people should start ranking magazines.
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Old 07-27-2010, 05:26 PM
 
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OK Forbes, where is your list for "The Best Cities for Stay At Home Dads"?
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Old 07-28-2010, 06:52 PM
 
Location: Foot of the Rockies
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With all these lame lists Forbes comes up with, I wouldn't vote for Steve Forbes if he ran for dogcatcher, let alone president (again)! The methodology is always whacked; it seems like they choose the criteria to make certain cities rank highly instead of the other way around. I say that even though my own city tends to rank fairly high in most of these lists.
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Old 07-28-2010, 07:09 PM
 
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There's bad methodology, and then there's just not even trying anymore. Number of pediatricians? Really?
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Old 07-28-2010, 08:22 PM
 
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I'm not sure they are cooking the books to favor certain cities. I think they are just knowingly engaged in fluff.
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Old 07-29-2010, 07:15 PM
 
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These dumb lists and the methodology behind them are so asinine.
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