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Top 100 Lists of US cities.

city-data.com — 'Top 100' lists on highest income, least crime, newest houses, most females, shortest commute, best educated residents, and many more.

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  • Dog_Paddle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Memphis Tennesse, which is a few miles from where I live, is number 58 on the most dangerous cities :)
  • ndm007, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i believe the term is 'less safe' =]
  • Yellowone, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Most Dangerous is not even on this list....
  • Yellowone, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0However I do see Least Safe
  • m85476585, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Most of the least-educated cities are in California, Florida, or Texas.
  • ndm007, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Heat = Less concentration = Less learning

    Perhaps?
  • chris.kelvie, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0My town, Atherton California, has the highest median house value and highest median income.

    I'm rich, bitch.
  • chris.kelvie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Actually it's sixth on highest median house value. But not according to forbes.
  • JesperL, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The city with the most females (St. Joseph, Minnesota), here I come!

    Actually, no. Who am I kidding?
  • xcanadian, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3What a shock! The most educated cities are primarily in blue (democrat) states.

    Not shocking at all actually.
  • futurekill, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Isn't this data kinda useless w/o other data...like dates.
  • 3rdMEgo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1^ of course... because this wouldnt be America if we didnt bash republicans because it's trendy
  • RadicalBender, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Holy crap! McKinney, TX is the fastest growing city in the U.S. over 50,000? Whoa. That's suburban sprawl for you. The privilege of a 90 minute commute.

    (That's the county seat of the county directly north of Dallas, TX, for those who don't know.)
  • fishmasta, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1We don't bash republicans because it's trendy. We bash them because it's fun.
  • Meshyf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Holy crap Southern California is all over those lists, for everything. oO
  • Guano, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Wow, California is a pretty dumb state.
  • D4r7h3v1l, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0w00t. My town = #19 in median income, #74 on house value, #48 in education, and #82 in biggest houses,
  • BugMeNot2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"8. Emeryville, California (1314.7)"

    I used to go there all the time. Never knew it was dangerous.... I thought it was safe, actually. It was the only city besides Hayward that was nearby that had a Toys R' Us. ^_^
  • ndm007, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Wow, California is a pretty dumb state."

    It's the LA girls :P
  • Bokista, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0As someone who is commonwealth-centric, It would be nice if you could do state-specific searches.
  • bryan8m, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Being able to search those lists for a city would be a nice improvement.
  • krazikamikaze, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I don't think you can make any generalizations about California considering how big it is.
  • automagically, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Good list. I've been thinking for a long time where I'm going to live after the army and college. This list helps in some ways.
  • chaosbuddha, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0this site has fallen to the digg effect
  • mikelly, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The "Top 100 Safest Cities" practically translates to "anywhwhere in Massachusetts".
  • tynin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0bastards, everyone quit hitting the site, i'm trying to use it and your blasting the webserver offline. ;)
  • mrfollicle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0digg effect
  • Greattastic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0down.

    Detroit isn't in the top ten of the least-safe :-D
  • terminator31, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0


    The "Top 100 Safest Cities" practically translates to "anywhwhere in Massachusetts".

    Thas funny because boston had over 70 homicides
  • krazikamikaze, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Hm... I live (Berkeley) 4 miles from the #8 most dangerous city (Emeryville), where there is 1 larceny committed for every 10 people.
  • LepPpeR, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yeah for #10 on Top 100 Cities with Highest Median Household Income (pop. 5000+)
    :-p
  • PitPat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0yumm... these statistics are horribly outdated.
  • redb369, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Detroit # 37 least safe......maybe they should take another look.
  • jcs_goog, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I like this kind of thing. Anyone want to mash it up with Google Maps? :>
  • mike_p, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Even if they are outdated they are still factual stats from the past...

    Digg for statistics =)
  • berean, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Detroit # 37 least safe......maybe they should take another look."

    Detroit's actually gotten a lot better with crime recently. It was at one point (I believe) the most dangerous city, and has since improved a lot, thanks mostly to white flight to the 'burbs. Well, if Warren and GP count as the 'burbs.

    Anyway, Detroit's a great city. And in case of the draft or any other crap US thing, Canada's right next door.
  • SystemBomb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Does anyone else see some of the errors in this information? Example in the "Top 100 Best Educated Cities (Highest Percentage of Bachelor Degree Holding Residents) (pop. 5000+)"

    4 Scarsdale, New York (79.8%)
    5 Scarsdale, New York (79.8%)

    How can one city be both #4 and #5?
  • YoDiggity, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0there are three types of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics
  • antdude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0http://www.city-data.com/ has other goodies beisde the top 100s.
  • ebrage, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0How recent is that list? The top average home prices by city are listed at $1 million -- that seems way to low.
  • redb369, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Detroit's actually gotten a lot better with crime recently. It was at one point (I believe) the most dangerous city, and has since improved a lot, thanks mostly to white flight to the 'burbs. Well, if Warren and GP count as the 'burbs."
    white flight? please explain.
  • redb369, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Also in "Top 100 Best Educated Cities"

    46 Durham, New Hampshire (73.4%)
    47 Durham, New Hampshire (73.3%)

    Same city in two different places but with two different percentages. Makes one question the accuracy.


  • mizzoucat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This site is BS. To the person thinking Memphis is only 58th on the most unsafe cities list should think again. Memphis is more like top 10. According to this list, Branson, Missouri (which is nothing more than a tourist town that draws in people mostly ages 60-80) is more unsafe than Detroit. Please!
  • bluffdweller, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Memphis is not even mentioned in the top 100 biggest cities.
  • zenkenobi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The weird thing with these stats is that so many define city as "population 5000+" or "population 2000+" - how is that a city? I think that's why the big cities don't pop up much. It's easier for small populations to have statistical anomalies.
  • arestme, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Is that list 6yrs old? lol
  • sanmarcos, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Wow, california is a pretty dumb state".

    It is because of the latino culture (predominantly mexican central american) (not race) of non studying. Generations of bad educated people. It will take decades for that to change.

    Some souther cone countries, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Southern Brazil, in contrast are WAY more educated, but the US spectrum of Latino is a burrito eating mexican.
  • berean, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@redb369

    White flight is an observed social reaction wherein the white community leaves the city to dwell in the safer, newer, higher income, more stable (and just plain more desirable) suburbs surrounding the city. This happens a lot in places like Detroit where mainly the black population flocks to the inner city and crime rates rise by extreme amounts.

    Detroit used to have over 2 million people, and it's now down to less than 1 million. That's because of the white flight to the surrounding 'burbs. The jobs are still there since people commute to the city, but the population is down. How does this account for the decreased crime rate? Fewer white middle-class victims sticking around the city to be victimized.
  • berean, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0"Some souther cone countries, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Southern Brazil, in contrast are WAY more educated, but the US spectrum of Latino is a burrito eating mexican."

    I moved for a short while from Detroit to a small town in SW Michigan, and that was the case there. Sturgis has a horrible Hispanic population. I then spent some time on an island in South Carolina were there were tons of Hispanics, and they were actually VERY smart. Doing better than the whites, even. Not that that's saying much, because we're talking about white SOUTHERNERS (who really are absolutely retarded), but still.
  • ajz8182, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I am going to +digg this one.
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