Among metros with populations of over 1 million, Rochester, N.Y., ranked No.1, followed by Pittsburgh, Pa., Austin, Texas, Boston, Mass., and San Jose, Calif.In order to get Rochester's metropolitan population above 1 million, I assume that Expansion counted snowmen as residents. More seriously, the metro area apparently includes Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans, and Wayne Counties, as well as Monroe County (pop. 735,000). That's a pretty generous definition of "metropolitan".
Monday, September 10, 2007
Rochester: Made For Living?
Rochester consistently scores high on quality-of-living surveys. The latest, by Expansion Management Magazine puts the ROC at #1.
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Yah - totally B@(($#!*
It's hard to see this group of cities all getting high marks. San Jose and Boston are totally unaffordable, so by the criteria they give (ability to afford a comfortable middle-class lifestyle with excellent education) they should be nowhere near the top. Austin belongs -- it's an inexpensive city, yet has a lot of culture (big college town, hi-tech center). Pittsburgh is a formerly great city whose former greatness means there's still a lot of culture, while long-term declining population means lower housing prices and congestion that isn't too bad. Rochester is like Pittsburgh, but offers so much less (except for snow) -- not even a major league sports team. However, Rochester, thanks to its stagnant growth over the last 50 years, is one of the few American cities for which you can really live in the country, commute to a lot of jobs in under 30 minutes, and go the symphony at night. That must be it.
I'm Jonesing for another installment of the Chatter Rankings. It's about time, isn't it?
Ali Baba
It is! Sorry I'm so unblogging lately.
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