How does your city compare?

[RedArmy]

Top 100: Text

My Town: Text

It seems our Financial section is pretty far below the average, but we make up for it in just about every other category...except maybe weather.

How did your town do?

 

[Ika]

Cool, Philly is #6 for big cities.

 

[Born2bwire]

Hahahah, Lisle hit #20. I remember someone here claiming that he didn't feel safe in Lisle and shit. And Naperville didn't even place now, what the heck changed in one year?

Oh I see, they are no longer considering cities with a population greater than 50K.

 

[halik]

nyc...

 

[tasmanian]

Portland lost :|

 

[trOver]

mines not on the list...

 

[kalster]

Originally posted by: Born2bwire
Hahahah, Lisle hit #20. I remember someone here claiming that he didn't feel safe in Lisle and shit. And Naperville didn't even place now, what the heck changed in one year?

Oh I see, they are no longer considering cities with a population greater than 50K.

lisle is a pretty cute village, i used to work in lucent in lisle, naperville was a pretty good town too, downtown is fun

 

[2Xtreme21]

My city was ranked #1 most livable, but doesn't make that list.

 

[homercles337]

Originally posted by: Aflac
Cool, Philly is #6 for big cities.

How in the fuck is philly #6?! That place is a shit hole.

 

[miri]

my city did not make it, but only due to the cost of living

this is one of the nicest cities i have ever been to and i have been all over the world

 

[Born2bwire]

Originally posted by: kalster

Originally posted by: Born2bwire
Hahahah, Lisle hit #20. I remember someone here claiming that he didn't feel safe in Lisle and shit. And Naperville didn't even place now, what the heck changed in one year?

Oh I see, they are no longer considering cities with a population greater than 50K.

lisle is a pretty cute village, i used to work in lucent in lisle, naperville was a pretty good town too, downtown is fun

I grew up in Naperville, left in 2001. Going back for visits of family and friends, I think I really grew up at the best time possible. It's just too much now, all the huge money coming in makes the place feel like a yuppie paradise than a town or community. Plus the road infrastructure and the downtown area have stayed pretty much the same while the city has grown from around 20K to 150K. They really need to try and fix the congestion.

 

[SoulAssassin]

I guess they excluded all of last years top places because I don't see any of them. I'm giving serious consideration to moving to Sugar Land, TX in a few years which was last years #3.

Anyways, if I live about another mile north I would be in #79 - Pike Creek, DE. Not a bad place to live but the property taxes are actually much higher there than where I live. They say is around $1500 on a 270k house which is actually high for around here...our property taxes are very low but the public schools suck ass as you can see by the ratio of public/private school attendees. It would probably be even more in favor of private schools except it's "within town limits" and DE buses kids from the ghetto to the suburbs and vice versa. I would never raise a child here but for now it rocks.

 

[Rufus12]

#2

 

[nakedfrog]

I live near #6, Papillion, NE. I'd rather live here.

 

[Whisper]

Wow, I never would've guessed that Suwanee, GA would've hit #10. It's right near where my mother lives, and while it and the surrounding areas (Alpharetta, parts of Buford) are very nice, I guess I never thought how it'd stack up nationally.

 

[RKS]

81

 

[imported_stev]

Sweet, 99 is my hometown!

 

[Born2bwire]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
I live near #6, Papillion, NE. I'd rather live here.

I have to ask, do they pronounce, "Papy-on" or "Pap-eh-lon"?

Illinois being of the Lousiana Purchase retains a lot of the French names for towns and areas but I'm always fascinated by the randomness in how either the correct or the Englishfied pronounciations are used consistently. IE: Des Plaines == Des Plains but Des Moines = Da Moyn.

 

[Pepsi90919]

this appears to only be the USA.

 

[uli2000]

I guess my town's too small (pop 4500). Its not even listed when I pull up my state.

 

[phreakah]

wow la palma at #16.. i lived there about 2 years ago. it was nice, but there are better places to live around OC than la palma

 

[Platypus]

#3 big city

 

[Juno]

my town

 

[Dr. Detroit]

San Jose, CA = not so bad!

Compared to other big cities, it's the 10th largest city in US, it by far is the safest but also really expensive.

Great weather, lots of culture, decent bars, great ethnic food.

 

[vital]

that is the dumbest list ever.. a 17k population isn't for everyone. wtf are you gonna do in a 17k population city?