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Title: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: ratherbebig on January 28, 2019, 12:42:13 PM
https://livability.com/best-places/top-100-best-places-to-live/2018

Our 5th annual ranking of the best places to live in America includes familiar names and deserving newcomers.

This year, nearly 2,300 cities were ranked on more than 40 data points measuring economics, housing, amenities, infrastructure, demographics, social and civic capital, education and health care.

#1 Ann Arbor, MI
#2 Manhattan, KS
#3 Corvallis, OR
#4 Iowa City, IA
#5 Charlottesville, VA
#6 Palo Alto, CA
#7 Madison, WI
#8 Santa Cruz, CA
#9 Rochester, MN
#10 Bellevue, WA
#11 Overland Park, KS
#12 Cambridge, MA
#13 Berkeley, CA
#14 Fort Collins, CO
#15 Irvine, CA
#16 Boulder, CO
#17 San Luis Obispo, CA
#18 Davis, CA
#19 Lincoln, NE
#20 Evanston, IL


Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: SOMEPARTS on January 28, 2019, 01:04:50 PM
The demographics on those locations might require a trigger warning for some.  ;)
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: MAXX on January 28, 2019, 01:08:18 PM
As always. Find the spots with highest % caucasian demographics. Theres your winners.
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: illuminati on January 28, 2019, 01:24:47 PM
As always. Find the spots with highest % caucasian demographics. Theres your winners.

Probably a good point
I wonder what the Black white ratios are for these places.
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: dan18 on January 28, 2019, 01:31:46 PM
https://livability.com/best-places/top-100-best-places-to-live/2018

Our 5th annual ranking of the best places to live in America includes familiar names and deserving newcomers.

This year, nearly 2,300 cities were ranked on more than 40 data points measuring economics, housing, amenities, infrastructure, demographics, social and civic capital, education and health care.

#1 Ann Arbor, MI
#2 Manhattan, KS
#3 Corvallis, OR
#4 Iowa City, IA
#5 Charlottesville, VA
#6 Palo Alto, CA
#7 Madison, WI
#8 Santa Cruz, CA
#9 Rochester, MN
#10 Bellevue, WA
#11 Overland Park, KS
#12 Cambridge, MA
#13 Berkeley, CA
#14 Fort Collins, CO
#15 Irvine, CA
#16 Boulder, CO
#17 San Luis Obispo, CA
#18 Davis, CA
#19 Lincoln, NE
#20 Evanston, IL



bora bora            end of thread
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: IRON CROSS on January 28, 2019, 01:34:28 PM
bora bora            end of thread


Bora Bora  ;D ;D ;D

Morea is my favourite in Frogs Polynesia.
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: IRON CROSS on January 28, 2019, 01:36:07 PM
Hawaii

Pago Pago

Guam

A. Samoa

 8)
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: dan18 on January 28, 2019, 01:56:24 PM

Bora Bora  ;D ;D ;D

Morea is my favourite in Frogs Polynesia.
there in a good area in the pacific no real tsunami risks always a risk but minimal
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: Thin Lizzy on January 28, 2019, 02:04:55 PM
Blacks and Hispanics, because of their absence in these areas, deserve much of the credit for them being so nice.👍
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: IRON CROSS on January 28, 2019, 03:56:35 PM
there in a good area in the pacific no real tsunami risks always a risk but minimal

Marquesas Islands  ;)
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: tres_taco_combo on January 28, 2019, 03:58:54 PM
Ann Arbor?

for me - its where i live - Sunny Scottsdale AZ -  ;D
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: Coffeed on January 28, 2019, 04:06:08 PM
Where is Detroit?
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: JustPlaneJane on January 28, 2019, 04:15:07 PM
Most are cities with a big university.

So the majority of the population is educated and white.

I'm baffled that Flint isn't on the list
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: cephissus on January 28, 2019, 04:16:37 PM
Bellevue, lol... I guess if you're rich, Chinese, and enjoy buoying the companies that forced you out of your homeland in the first place.
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: Thin Lizzy on January 28, 2019, 04:32:53 PM
Most are cities with a big university.

So the majority of the population is educated and white.

I'm baffled that Flint isn't on the list

Boulder Co, has three blacks and they’re Kenyans there on a distance running scholarship.
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: dan18 on January 28, 2019, 04:48:47 PM
Where is Detroit?
Motor city Michigan
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: dan18 on January 28, 2019, 04:50:22 PM
Most are cities with a big university.

So the majority of the population is educated and white.

I'm baffled that Flint isn't on the list
Anywhere that's to cold should be banned from the list white or not unless you like the cold
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: oldgolds on January 29, 2019, 08:19:14 AM
Why would anyone live in a place where you freeze your balls off for half the year?
My choice is San Diego...
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: Coach is Back! on January 29, 2019, 08:40:33 AM
This socialist shit bag is trying to turn our city into another LA/Venice Beach or San Francisco. Residents are livid. We’re already getting almost overran by homeless due to liberal policies

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article225083895.html
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: Mr Anabolic on January 29, 2019, 08:52:25 AM
Why would anyone live in a place where you freeze your balls off for half the year?
My choice is San Diego...

I agree, except you have to deal with the libtards.  Still much better than LA though.  I lived there for 10 years, it felt like I was on vacation everyday.  Cost of living is high, especially if you are closer to the coast. 
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: Mr Anabolic on January 29, 2019, 08:54:29 AM
for me - its where i live - Sunny Scottsdale AZ -  ;D

Great town and state.  I may move there in a few years.
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: loco on January 29, 2019, 08:58:08 AM
Where is Detroit?

Right here:

List of cities by murder rate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_murder_rate

(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=651496.0;attach=770070;image)
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: G_Thang on January 29, 2019, 08:59:17 AM
https://livability.com/best-places/top-100-best-places-to-live/2018

Our 5th annual ranking of the best places to live in America includes familiar names and deserving newcomers.

This year, nearly 2,300 cities were ranked on more than 40 data points measuring economics, housing, amenities, infrastructure, demographics, social and civic capital, education and health care.

#1 Ann Arbor, MI
#2 Manhattan, KS
#3 Corvallis, OR
#4 Iowa City, IA
#5 Charlottesville, VA
#6 Palo Alto, CA
#7 Madison, WI
#8 Santa Cruz, CA
#9 Rochester, MN
#10 Bellevue, WA
#11 Overland Park, KS
#12 Cambridge, MA
#13 Berkeley, CA
#14 Fort Collins, CO
#15 Irvine, CA
#16 Boulder, CO SHITHOLE
#17 San Luis Obispo, CA
#18 Davis, CA
#19 Lincoln, NE
#20 Evanston, IL





Boulder Co, has three blacks and they’re Kenyans there on a distance running scholarship.

 ::)
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: Redux on January 29, 2019, 09:01:28 AM
Looks like a list of places to freeze your balls off.
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: loco on January 29, 2019, 09:17:32 AM
Blacks and Hispanics white males, because of their absence in these areas, deserve much of the credit for them being so nice.👍

Fixed.   ;D

"St. Louis has a significantly higher homicide rate than the rest of the U.S. for both whites and blacks and a higher proportion committed by males. As of October 2016, 7 of the homicide suspects were white, 95 black, 0 Hispanic, 0 Asian and only 1 female out of the 102 suspects. In 2016, St. Louis was the most dangerous city in the United States with populations of 100,000 or more, ranking 1st in violent crime and 2nd in property crime."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis#Crime
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: Coach is Back! on January 29, 2019, 09:20:55 AM
Hawaii

Pago Pago

Guam

A. Samoa

 8)

My wife is from Guam. We’re seriously contemplating on moving there.
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: Schmoff on January 29, 2019, 09:30:00 AM
anywhere without apes, beaners and pork-deniers

Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: Hypertrophy on January 29, 2019, 09:43:34 AM
My wife is from Guam. We’re seriously contemplating on moving there.

I hope you like snakes Coach. Especially brown tree snakes.

“We are face to face with Guam's "nemesis": the brown tree snake. And the forests here are dripping with them.
The US territory, in the western Pacific, is only 50km (30 miles) long and 10km wide, but it is packed with two million snakes.”


https://www.sciencealert.com/guam-s-plague-of-snakes-is-having-a-devastating-impact-on-the-trees
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: myt1 on January 29, 2019, 10:45:05 AM
Most are cities with a big university.

So the majority of the population is educated and white.

I'm baffled that Flint isn't on the list

I noticed that too.

I don't know enough about other States to comment on their cities mentioned, but regarding NE and WI; no one outside of the city each had listed would say that's the best city in either state.  

Lincoln is pretty much landlocked.  It has "recreational trails" listed as a highlight.  Sure, if your idea of recreational trails is a fucking long-ass paved sidewalk through the city and suburbs.  Lincoln is a shit-hole overrun by drunk college kids that gets invaded by the rest of the state every Saturday there's a football game at the stadium.

As far as you comment about the population being mostly white.  Kinda true, but illegals in surrounding farming and meat packing don't get counted nor do all of the black athletes, foreign students, and out of state minority students who attend the school.  Per capita, if those things were counted, Lincoln would be the most diverse city in that state by far.  Same goes for Madison, WI.  

I think most learned in elementary U.S. geography were taught to remember MI is shaped more like a left mitten, and WI more like if you traced the outside of a glove.  

If you ask most people that have been to or live in WI the best place, the answer will be some place that is at or close to if you traced from your top left index finger down to your thumb, up and over it, and then back down to your wrist.  Most other lists concur; listing White Fish Bay, Sturgeon Bay, Shorewood, Appleton, etc.

Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: myt1 on January 29, 2019, 11:11:48 AM
Why would anyone live in a place where you freeze your balls off for half the year?
My choice is San Diego...


I've heard San Diego is great.  I've also heard it's super expensive and becoming even more so.

The answer to your question is low costs of housing and living, tons of recreation, good sense of community (everyone deals with that shit together every year), low crime, and changing seasons for activities that are varied as well as new scenery every 3-4 months.  My knowledge is limited I admit, but from what I've read and seen on TV of San Diego, you only have the recreation part it seems.

My question back to you, is why would anyone want to live in a place where the seasons consist of rain and sunny with drought?  I guess you could include earthquake, mudslide, and wild fires as seasons so there's that. :P

When reading the criteria, I though it would be a better list if Demographics was left out.  To me it's racist to include that.  It should be if you removed color and ethnicity; what places then have the best economy, affordable housing, best food choices, most recreational activities for all age groups, lowest taxes, low crime, well managed budget, personal freedom/tolerance, etc.?  To me those should be ranked highest as if you have all of that people from all walks will eventually come there.

I looked closer at their definitions of categories though, and Demographics is fine.  "Social and Civic Capital" needs to go though.  Other than crime, even the site admits it's hard to measure.  Their measures are either subjective and/or require a person to honestly answer (whether they voted) or decide if they want to answer (volunteering).  A lot of people either lie and say they do one/both, or want to keep those things private.

https://livability.com/best-places/ranking-criteria
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: Thin Lizzy on January 29, 2019, 11:15:34 AM
Fixed.   ;D

"St. Louis has a significantly higher homicide rate than the rest of the U.S. for both whites and blacks and a higher proportion committed by males. As of October 2016, 7 of the homicide suspects were white, 95 black, 0 Hispanic, 0 Asian and only 1 female out of the 102 suspects. In 2016, St. Louis was the most dangerous city in the United States with populations of 100,000 or more, ranking 1st in violent crime and 2nd in property crime."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis#Crime

That’s just a function of demographics. There are no Hispanics in St. Louis. The whites who didn’t get out of St.Louis when it went black are surely nasty white trash.



St Louis Demographics
* African American: 49.2%
* White: 43.9% (non-Hispanic: 42.2%)
* Asian: 2.9%
* Native American and Alaska Native: 0.3%
* Two or more races: 2.4%
* Hispanic or Latino of any race: 3.5%


This is how it looks on a national level:


Homicide rates by race. (per 100,000 population):
https://www.acsh.org/news/2017/08/10/african-american-homicide-rate-nearly-quadruple-national-average-11680

20.9 for blacks (non-Hispanic)

4.9 for Hispanics

2.6 for whites (non-Hispanic)
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: loco on January 29, 2019, 11:25:50 AM
That’s just a function of demographics. There are no Hispanics in St. Louis. The whites who didn’t get out of St.Louis when it went black are surely nasty white trash.



St Louis Demographics
* African American: 49.2%
* White: 43.9% (non-Hispanic: 42.2%)
* Asian: 2.9%
* Native American and Alaska Native: 0.3%
* Two or more races: 2.4%
* Hispanic or Latino of any race: 3.5%


This is how it looks on a national level:


Homicide rates by race. (per 100,000 population):
https://www.acsh.org/news/2017/08/10/african-american-homicide-rate-nearly-quadruple-national-average-11680

20.9 for blacks (non-Hispanic)

4.9 for Hispanics

2.6 for whites (non-Hispanic)

Obviously there're a few Hispanics there.  They're just not homicidal, or didn't get caught, but I see what you're saying about demographics.
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: Mr Anabolic on January 29, 2019, 11:42:57 AM
I hope you like snakes Coach. Especially brown tree snakes.

“We are face to face with Guam's "nemesis": the brown tree snake. And the forests here are dripping with them.
The US territory, in the western Pacific, is only 50km (30 miles) long and 10km wide, but it is packed with two million snakes.”

https://www.sciencealert.com/guam-s-plague-of-snakes-is-having-a-devastating-impact-on-the-trees

Really, two million snakes?... did they count them all?  Sounds like fear propaganda to me.
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: Earl1972 on January 29, 2019, 11:55:28 AM
Why would anyone live in a place where you freeze your balls off for half the year?
My choice is San Diego...


better to be cold than lose or evacuate your home because of a hurricane, earthquake, mudslide, or wildfire

it's funny to me how most people want to live by the beach, considering most people look like shit in a swim suit

E
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: IRON CROSS on January 29, 2019, 12:15:37 PM
I hope you like snakes Coach. Especially brown tree snakes.

“We are face to face with Guam's "nemesis": the brown tree snake. And the forests here are dripping with them.
The US territory, in the western Pacific, is only 50km (30 miles) long and 10km wide, but it is packed with two million snakes.”


https://www.sciencealert.com/guam-s-plague-of-snakes-is-having-a-devastating-impact-on-the-trees


I like snakes,spiders,sharks,crocodiles,wild dogs .....................so  8)
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: Humble Narcissist on January 29, 2019, 01:52:40 PM
Looks like a list of places to freeze your balls off.
We have these things called heaters and winter clothes.  I live in the frigid north and am rarely if ever cold.
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: HTexan on January 29, 2019, 02:13:28 PM
This list is fucked. Most these places don't even offer residential 1 gig internet  ;D
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: Coach is Back! on January 29, 2019, 02:34:21 PM
I hope you like snakes Coach. Especially brown tree snakes.

“We are face to face with Guam's "nemesis": the brown tree snake. And the forests here are dripping with them.
The US territory, in the western Pacific, is only 50km (30 miles) long and 10km wide, but it is packed with two million snakes.”


https://www.sciencealert.com/guam-s-plague-of-snakes-is-having-a-devastating-impact-on-the-trees

Most of my wife’s family still lives on Guam. Haven’t heard much about tree snakes since they don’t live in the jungles of Guam..lol. I have seen pictures of these giant fucking crabs that latch on to trash cans tho. Freaked me the fuck out...hahah
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: loco on January 29, 2019, 02:53:53 PM
Most of my wife’s family still lives on Guam. Haven’t heard much about tree snakes since they don’t live in the jungles of Guam..lol. I have seen pictures of these giant fucking crabs that latch on to trash cans tho. Freaked me the fuck out...hahah

One man's trash is another man's dinner.

(https://izismile.com//img/img2/20090601/coconut_crab_08.jpg)
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: Coach is Back! on January 29, 2019, 03:06:27 PM
One man's trash is another man's dinner.

(https://izismile.com//img/img2/20090601/coconut_crab_08.jpg)

That’s the pic I saw that freaked me out.....hahahahah.
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: ratherbebig on January 29, 2019, 03:14:50 PM
and thats in daylight, imagine going out at night just to throw a trashbag
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: Rascal full on January 29, 2019, 03:16:25 PM
and thats in daylight, imagine going out at night just to throw a trashbag

Horror movie shit
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: Primemuscle on January 29, 2019, 04:14:06 PM
https://livability.com/best-places/top-100-best-places-to-live/2018

Our 5th annual ranking of the best places to live in America includes familiar names and deserving newcomers.

This year, nearly 2,300 cities were ranked on more than 40 data points measuring economics, housing, amenities, infrastructure, demographics, social and civic capital, education and health care.

#1 Ann Arbor, MI
#2 Manhattan, KS
#3 Corvallis, OR
#4 Iowa City, IA
#5 Charlottesville, VA
#6 Palo Alto, CA
#7 Madison, WI
#8 Santa Cruz, CA
#9 Rochester, MN
#10 Bellevue, WA
#11 Overland Park, KS
#12 Cambridge, MA
#13 Berkeley, CA
#14 Fort Collins, CO
#15 Irvine, CA
#16 Boulder, CO
#17 San Luis Obispo, CA
#18 Davis, CA
#19 Lincoln, NE
#20 Evanston, IL




Beach towns are always a favorite for me.
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: myt1 on January 29, 2019, 05:06:51 PM
One man's trash is another man's dinner.

(https://izismile.com//img/img2/20090601/coconut_crab_08.jpg)

No way is that legit....really?  If real what and how much of it does a crab eat to get that size?
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: cephissus on January 29, 2019, 05:08:50 PM
No way is that legit....really?  If real what and how much of it does a crab eat to get that size?

25 mg tren EOD and, 100mg test/wk and intermittent fasting with a carb load every 3 days... It's not rocket science ::)
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: Coach is Back! on January 29, 2019, 07:05:04 PM
25 mg tren EOD and, 100mg test/wk and intermittent fasting with a carb load every 3 days... It's not rocket science ::)

25 mg of Tren would hardly do anything to a mouse....lol
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: IRON CROSS on January 29, 2019, 07:08:45 PM
My wife is from Guam. We’re seriously contemplating on moving there.

I plan to visit Kosare/Ponapei & ruins of Nan Madol  8)

Micronesia is so beautiful.
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: loco on January 30, 2019, 04:28:06 AM
No way is that legit....really?  If real what and how much of it does a crab eat to get that size?

It's legit.  Google giant coconut crab.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Birgus_latro_%28Bora-Bora%29.jpg/440px-Birgus_latro_%28Bora-Bora%29.jpg)
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: oldgolds on January 31, 2019, 02:58:42 PM
better to be cold than lose or evacuate your home because of a hurricane, earthquake, mudslide, or wildfire

it's funny to me how most people want to live by the beach, considering most people look like shit in a swim suit

E



I lived there 20 years and an occasional mild shaking/earthquake is all I experienced. 99.9% of the population experience nothing more than an occasional mild earthquake. You take NBC news to seriously.
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: efanhowz on January 31, 2019, 03:14:03 PM
Palo Alto? If you’re trying to live next to Silicon Valley’s richest and sit in traffic

Santa Cruz Is a decent place to live (away from the trashy boardwalk) but another city affected by Bay Area tech overcrowding and inflation

San Diego is probably the the best OVERALL spot in CA for weather, things to do, cost (not great), food (great)
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: tres_taco_combo on January 31, 2019, 03:34:56 PM
Great town and state.  I may move there in a few years.

you will not regret it.

it is 78 sunny, there is a pro golf event here this week, cars shows last week, spring training next week, tons of gyms, golf, guns, mountains, fine dining, hot women, semi affordable living, close to cali, vegas and the mountains of az.

every year i take a week trip to cali - rent a place on the beach and get my "cali" living without living there
i drive to vegas 1-2x a year have a blast
go to cabo san lucas mexico (quick 1.5 hour flight)
and scottsdale itself is awesome

yea...it hot from june to sept but that gives you a reason to go to the beach, go to the mountains etc
Title: Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
Post by: Thin Lizzy on January 31, 2019, 03:55:35 PM
Like the demographics and it appears to be a city on the rise, but the Northern European side of me would melt in that heat. I start sweating at about 50F.🥵