[Vision2020] Worst Cities to Live in Every State

[Ron Force]

The data is undoubtedly skewed by the 19,000 students at BYU-Idaho and
their low incomes. The growth of enrollment has probably impacted the local
housing market. By the way, the poverty rate for Moscow is 29.9% and
Pullman, 37.5%.

Ron Force
Moscow Idaho USA


On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 9:36 AM Kenneth Marcy <kmmos1 at frontier.com>
wrote:

> Worst Cities to Live in Every State
>
> *https://tinyurl.com/y56xnssn <https://tinyurl.com/y56xnssn>*
>
> Quality of life is subject to countless quantitative and qualitative
> factors — not the least of which is environment.
>
> While living in an ideal city
> <https://247wallst.com/special-report/2019/01/02/best-city-to-live-in-every-state/>
> by no means assures personal contentment, conditions like crime,
> unemployment, and inordinately high living costs can detract from the
> quality of life in any city.
> 24/7 Wall St. created an index consisting of over two dozen measures to
> identify the worst cities to live in in every state. Our list includes
> cities, towns, villages, boroughs, and Census designated places. We did not
> include places with fewer than 8,000 residents in our analysis. Because no
> two states are exactly alike, the kinds of issues affecting the cities on
> this list vary considerably.
>
> For many of these cities, the problems are serious and deeply entrenched.
> In 23 of the 50 cities on this list, the violent crime rate is higher than
> in at least 90% of all other American cities tracked by the FBI
> <https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-2017/home> —
> and in another eight, violence is more common than in at least 75% of U.S.
> cities. The effects of violent crimes like robbery and aggravated assault
> can extend beyond their immediate victims, often pushing down property
> values and driving out business. Indeed, in many of these same cities, real
> estate values are depressed and unemployment is soaring.
>
> In a handful of cities on this list, the situation is less dire. In some
> less populous states like South Dakota and Wyoming, their worst cities are
> on this list largely due to their distance from the nearest hospital or a
> lack of local entertainment options like movie theaters, restaurants,
> nature parks, and museums.
>
>
>
>
> Source: Bret-Barton / Getty Images
>
> *Idaho: Rexburg*
> *> Population:* 27,369
> *> Median home value:* $184,200 (state: $176,800)
> *> Poverty rate:* 41.6% (state: 14.5%)
> *> Violent crimes per 100,000 people:* 38 (state: 226)
>
> Housing affordability is a major obstacle to quality of life for many in
> Rexburg, Idaho. The typical area home is worth about seven times as much as
> the median annual household income of just $26,341. Nationwide, the median
> home value is just 3.4 times higher than the median annual household
> income. Low incomes in Rexburg are highlighted by the city’s 41.6% poverty
> rate, which is higher than in more than 90% of all American cities.
> The area’s low incomes are partially the product of a weak job market. The
> Census estimates that 6.8% of workers in Rexburg are unemployed, more than
> double the 3.3% unemployment rate across Idaho.
>
>
> ======
>
> Though the Wall St. 24/7 article does not mention it, it remains true that
> some property tax relief could be made available to residents of Rexburg,
> and other Idaho cities, were more glowing properties such as the one
> illustrated here were allowed to be removed from the lists properties
> exempt from property taxes, and thus to pay their fair share of the
> community expense burdens.
>
>
> Ken
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