Businessweek ranks Jacksonville 26th Best City to Live

[ProjectMaximus]

...in their inaugural "Best City" rankings. (yeah, I could've sworn they've done these before. Maybe it's different since it's businessweek.com)

http://finance.yahoo.com/real-estate/article/113528/americas-best-cities-2011-businessweek
http://images.businessweek.com/slideshows/20110920/america-s-50-best-cities/slides/26

Jacksonville
America’s Best Places Rank: 26th
Population: 802,843
Mayor: Alvin Brown

Why it’s ranked: With miles of Florida beaches nearby and thousands of acres of parks and preserves, residents of Jacksonville are spoiled with outdoor activities. The Atlantic Ocean provides both great air quality and a hurricane now and then. The city has good schools, low poverty rates, and plenty of great options for nightlife.

How it ranked:
Percent with bachelor's degrees: 24.3
Percent under poverty level: 13.5
Median household income: $48,514
Violent crime rate: 836
Property crime rate: 5,157.7
School score: 70.71
Pro sports teams: 1
Foreclosure rate: .0127
Percent Unemployment: 10.5
Park acres per 1,000 residents: 54.2
Bars: 156
Restaurants: 1,648
Museums: 46
Colleges: 14
Libraries: 28
Air Quality Index: 78

Interestingly, I've spent most of the past week in Raleigh/Chapel Hill. Tomorrow I'll see a little bit of Durham.

[manasia]

I am going to Charlotte this Friday. I may go up their and check Raleigh out.

[Coolyfett]

...in their inaugural "Best City" rankings. (yeah, I could've sworn they've done these before. Maybe it's different since it's businessweek.com)

http://finance.yahoo.com/real-estate/article/113528/americas-best-cities-2011-businessweek
http://images.businessweek.com/slideshows/20110920/america-s-50-best-cities/slides/26

Jacksonville
America’s Best Places Rank: 26th
Population: 802,843
Mayor: Alvin Brown

Why it’s ranked: With miles of Florida beaches nearby and thousands of acres of parks and preserves, residents of Jacksonville are spoiled with outdoor activities. The Atlantic Ocean provides both great air quality and a hurricane now and then. The city has good schools, low poverty rates, and plenty of great options for nightlife.

How it ranked:
Percent with bachelor's degrees: 24.3
Percent under poverty level: 13.5
Median household income: $48,514
Violent crime rate: 836
Property crime rate: 5,157.7
School score: 70.71
Pro sports teams: 1
Foreclosure rate: .0127
Percent Unemployment: 10.5
Park acres per 1,000 residents: 54.2
Bars: 156
Restaurants: 1,648
Museums: 46
Colleges: 14
Libraries: 28
Air Quality Index: 78

Interestingly, I've spent most of the past week in Raleigh/Chapel Hill. Tomorrow I'll see a little bit of Durham.

Hmmm....Pro sports teams? Where does New York City rank on this list?

[KenFSU]

Interestingly, I've spent most of the past week in Raleigh/Chapel Hill. Tomorrow I'll see a little bit of Durham.

I'm on my way up tomorrow too.

How's the weather?

[ProjectMaximus]

Interestingly, I've spent most of the past week in Raleigh/Chapel Hill. Tomorrow I'll see a little bit of Durham.

I'm on my way up tomorrow too.

How's the weather?

Meh, good and bad. I've been here since last Thu night and when the sun out it is pretty perfect to me...nice and cool in the low 70s but you can feel the sun. Then the rest of the time it's been raining and kinda chilly.

...in their inaugural "Best City" rankings. (yeah, I could've sworn they've done these before. Maybe it's different since it's businessweek.com)

http://finance.yahoo.com/real-estate/article/113528/americas-best-cities-2011-businessweek
http://images.businessweek.com/slideshows/20110920/america-s-50-best-cities/slides/26

Jacksonville
America’s Best Places Rank: 26th
Population: 802,843
Mayor: Alvin Brown

Why it’s ranked: With miles of Florida beaches nearby and thousands of acres of parks and preserves, residents of Jacksonville are spoiled with outdoor activities. The Atlantic Ocean provides both great air quality and a hurricane now and then. The city has good schools, low poverty rates, and plenty of great options for nightlife.

How it ranked:
Percent with bachelor's degrees: 24.3
Percent under poverty level: 13.5
Median household income: $48,514
Violent crime rate: 836
Property crime rate: 5,157.7
School score: 70.71
Pro sports teams: 1
Foreclosure rate: .0127
Percent Unemployment: 10.5
Park acres per 1,000 residents: 54.2
Bars: 156
Restaurants: 1,648
Museums: 46
Colleges: 14
Libraries: 28
Air Quality Index: 78

Interestingly, I've spent most of the past week in Raleigh/Chapel Hill. Tomorrow I'll see a little bit of Durham.

Hmmm....Pro sports teams? Where does New York City rank on this list?

I think they were pretty far down the list, which is a little silly to me.

I am going to Charlotte this Friday. I may go up their and check Raleigh out.

I honestly don't think it's that great. By the very nature of the "triangle" it's inherently quite sprawling. Some good things and some bad things but I'd probably prefer Jax most times of the year. Their great advantage are the academic institutions and the tech industry by extension.

[manasia]

Interestingly, I've spent most of the past week in Raleigh/Chapel Hill. Tomorrow I'll see a little bit of Durham.

I'm on my way up tomorrow too.

How's the weather?

Meh, good and bad. I've been here since last Thu night and when the sun out it is pretty perfect to me...nice and cool in the low 70s but you can feel the sun. Then the rest of the time it's been raining and kinda chilly.

...in their inaugural "Best City" rankings. (yeah, I could've sworn they've done these before. Maybe it's different since it's businessweek.com)

http://finance.yahoo.com/real-estate/article/113528/americas-best-cities-2011-businessweek
http://images.businessweek.com/slideshows/20110920/america-s-50-best-cities/slides/26

Jacksonville
America’s Best Places Rank: 26th
Population: 802,843
Mayor: Alvin Brown

Why it’s ranked: With miles of Florida beaches nearby and thousands of acres of parks and preserves, residents of Jacksonville are spoiled with outdoor activities. The Atlantic Ocean provides both great air quality and a hurricane now and then. The city has good schools, low poverty rates, and plenty of great options for nightlife.

How it ranked:
Percent with bachelor's degrees: 24.3
Percent under poverty level: 13.5
Median household income: $48,514
Violent crime rate: 836
Property crime rate: 5,157.7
School score: 70.71
Pro sports teams: 1
Foreclosure rate: .0127
Percent Unemployment: 10.5
Park acres per 1,000 residents: 54.2
Bars: 156
Restaurants: 1,648
Museums: 46
Colleges: 14
Libraries: 28
Air Quality Index: 78

Interestingly, I've spent most of the past week in Raleigh/Chapel Hill. Tomorrow I'll see a little bit of Durham.

Hmmm....Pro sports teams? Where does New York City rank on this list?

I think they were pretty far down the list, which is a little silly to me.

I am going to Charlotte this Friday. I may go up their and check Raleigh out.

I honestly don't think it's that great. By the very nature of the "triangle" it's inherently quite sprawling. Some good things and some bad things but I'd probably prefer Jax most times of the year. Their great advantage are the academic institutions and the tech industry by extension.

Yea the Academia and the Tech Industry was what made me interested in them.