[Vision2020] Worst Cities to Live in Every State

[g crabtree]

I am sure that the Latter Day Saints are providing far more benefit to the
community than would be realized by lifting their tax exempt status.
Not all positive outcomes are dispensed by the clumsy hand of government.

g

On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 10:05 AM Ron Force <ronforce at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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