Cities ranked & rated
Subtitle: more than 400 metropolitan areas evaluated in the U.S. and Canada
By: Bert Sperling & Peter Sander
Contributors: Sander, Peter J.
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 820
ISBN-13: 9780764525629
Subjects: Cities and towns; Guidebooks; Ratings
Other titles: Cities ranked and rated
Description: Ranks and rates more than four hundred metropolitan areas in the United States and Canada, comparing and contrasting cities in their areas of economy and jobs, cost of living, climate, education, health and healthcare, crime, transportation, leisure, arts and culture, and quality of life.
Notes: Includes index.

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Table of contents: title: I: Finding your best place to live; title: 1. The places; title: Metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs); title: Census metropolitan areas (CMAs); title: What's included in Cities ranked & rated?; title: 2. The rankings; title: About the Cities ranked & rated model; title: Reading the ranking report; title: 3. The categories; title: Reading the data; title: Use of data for ranking & scoring; title: Population; title: Economy & jobs; title: Cost of living; title: Climate; title: Education; title: Health & healthcare; title: Crime; title: Transportation; title: Leisure; title: Arts & culture; title: Quality of life; title: 4. The states; title: How Cities ranked & rated compares states; title: Overall rankings; title: Population; title: Physical environment; title: Economy; title: Taxation; title: Education; title: Politics; title: Safety & safety consciousness; title: II: Evaluating the cities; title: 5. Principal U.S. metropolitan areas; title: City profiles; title: City descriptions & data; title: 6. Canada metropolitan areas; title: Ranking & rating Canadian cities; title: Date sources; title: City descriptions & data; title: 7. Emerging U.S. metropolitan areas; title: Ranking & rating emerging cities; title: City descriptions & data; title: Category rankings of principal U.S. metropolitan areas.