For example, San Antonio was compared to other large independent cities while Vallejo was compared to other suburban cities. For this reason, comparing cities from different categories is misleading. This site is hypertext rich. All of the ranked indicators appear on the individual city spot-light pages. Simply click on any particular city and the ranked indicators and grades will appear.
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When selecting access to public transportation as a positive indicator, we didn't mean to suggest that bus drivers are safer drivers than parents. For many urban children, public transportation is the only option when they want to go somewhere, for example, to an after school program, a sport or other culturally enriching activity. We believe that mobile children have more options and are better off for that. Your bias is revealed by negatively ranking growth. Both extreme growth and decline in population were seen as negative in our report.