wallethub: Local Cities Rank in WalletHub’s “2016’s Best Small Cities in America” - 10/31/16 07:52 AM
 WalletHub has published a national report, “2016’s Best Small Cities in America”. Analysts examined 1,268 cities with populations between 25,000 and 100,000 and made an assessment using 30 key indicators of livability. Those indicators range from “housing costs” to “school-system quality” to “number of restaurants per capita”.
Given the large sample of cities ranked in this study, WalletHub grouped cities in percentiles, with a 99th percentile representing the top 1 percent of small cities in America.
 
The following Bay Area cities (and their percentile ratings) are listed in this study:
96% - Pearland    -    88% - Friendswood    -    83% - League City    -    30% … (0 comments)

wallethub: 2016’s Best & Worst Cities for Texas Families Ranked by WalletHub - 07/28/16 07:47 AM
WalletHub has released a report containing a list of ratings of thethe 2016 Best and Worst Cities for Texas Families ; excerpts from that report are shown below.
 
 
“Texas is one of the largest states in the country, both in terms of square mileage and population, which should be no surprise considering everything is supposed to be bigger there. That’s certainly true as far as the steaks, cowboy hats and football stadiums are concerned, but what about the homes, school systems, salaries and all of the other important factors that truly make life larger in a given place?” …
 
“In order to … (0 comments)