Boston was just ranked the No. 8 best place to live in the country
U.S. News & World Report just ranked the Boston metro area as the No. 8 best place to live in the United States -- and no, it had nothing to do with the Patriots most recent Super Bowl win.
U.S. News & World Report just ranked the Boston metro area as the No. 8 best place to live in the United States — and no, it had nothing to do with the Patriots most recent Super Bowl win.
In their annual “Best Places to Live” list, U.S. News looked at the country’s largest 100 metro areas, evaluating the area’s job market, cost of living, quality of life (crime rates, health care, education, well-being, and commuting), desirability of living there, and how many people are moving there (net migration).
Their methodology combined a mix of census data and surveys, coming together to form a score on a 1-10 scale. Boston received an overall score of 7.1.
Boston ranked highly in the job market category (8.9) and the desirability category (8.2). Boston’s quality of life and net migration category each came in at a 6.7. The city’s lowest category ranking was in value (5.8).
U.S. News notes that not only is metro Boston’s housing expensive, with the median home price reaching $321,436, but also other necessities, such as medical expenses and groceries, are also 15 to 28 percent higher than the national average.
Boston fell behind Austin, Texas; Denver; San Jose, California; Washington, D.C.; Fayetteville, Arkansas; Seattle; and Raleigh and Durham, North Carolina, respectively.
See U.S. News‘s full list of the 100 top places to live here.
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