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These Are the 10 Best and Worst Run Cities in America

Many qualities separate the best-run and worst-run cities. But perhaps the most important is access to jobs. The economies of the best-run cities fall into two categories. They either have a booming industry or are near other major urban areas that create employment opportunities. The worst-run cities simply do not have the same access to jobs. 24/7 Wall St.’s analysis of the best-run and worst-run cities demonstrates that encouraging businesses to prosper and create jobs is the most important function of local government.

24/7 Wall St. has completed its first annual ranking of the best-run and worst-run cities in America. They reviewed the local economies, fiscal discipline and standard of living of the 100 largest cities by population to determine how well each is managed. Based on these data, 24/7 Wall St. ranked the 100 cities from the best to worst run.

Four of the 10 best-run cities are the economic centers of their regions. Madison, Wis., is one of the best-run cities on our list, and its businesses employ the most people in the area. Six of the best-run cities serve as residential communities for larger metropolitan areas that are the economic centers. Scottsdale, Ariz., is a large city in its own right, but is often referred to as a suburb of Phoenix.

Frequently, these so-called “edge cities” have also developed their own vibrant economies. Plano, Tex., is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. However, the city has a booming tech community and large offices of major corporations such as HP and Dell.

Nine out of the 10 worst-run cities on this list rely on older industries that are shrinking. Hialeah, Fla., was an important textile hub in the 1960s through the 1980s. Cleveland, Ohio, was one of the nation’s leaders in steel production. Detroit, Mich., of course, manufactured cars. Since their booms, all of these cities have shed tens of thousands of jobs.

Many of the worst-run cities have been in bad shape for years. While residents who were able to moved away, those without resources remained. As a result, the cities’ expenses remained high while their tax bases shrunk. The populations of four of the worst-run cities decreased between 2000 and 2010.

While there is a strong relationship between high median income and high ranking, there is an even stronger relationship to poverty. While a majority of the best-run cities have more households making over $200,000 per year than the national average, none of the top 10 cities have high poverty rates. For example, Lincoln, Neb., has only the 33rd highest median income among the largest cities, but the 11th lowest percentage of households making less than $10,000 per year.

For the most part, the best-run cities manage their debt and resources well. The worst-run cities do not. Moody’s provided credit ratings and analysis for 16 of the 20 cities on our list. The two cities that are the best-run and that do not have credit ratings, Fremont and Irvine, Calif., do not have a need to finance government projects through debt. Their wealthy and large tax base would suggest that is the case. Hialeah, Fla., one of the worst-run cities according to our ranking, told 24/7 Wall St. that it did not issue city debt because it had other debt instruments to raise money for government projects. San Bernadino, Calif., the other worst-run city without a credit rating, did not return 24/7 Wall St.’s calls.

These are the best- and worst-run cities in America.

The Best-Run:

10. Plano, TX.
The Best and Worst Run Cities in AmericaViolent crime per 1,000 people: 1.81 (7th lowest)
Poverty rate: 7.9 percent (5th lowest)
Credit rating: AAA
Population: 261,697

Plano, a wealthy suburb of Dallas, was founded in 1873. The city has one of the lowest violent crime rates in the country, partly because it can afford a sizable and educated police force. Plano is one of the few cities in the U.S. that require a four-year college degree of its police officers.

Plano’s population is the third wealthiest of the cities examined on this list, with a median household income of nearly $80,000 a year. Just 7.9 percent of the area’s residents live below the poverty line, and just 1.3 percent of households make less than $10,000 per year, the lowest rate among all major U.S. cities. Moody’s has assigned a perfect AAA rating to Plano’s general obligation credit, citing “an affluent and large tax base” and “strong financial management.”

9. Chandler, AZ.
The Best and Worst Run Cities in AmericaViolent crime per 1,000 people: 2.86 (14th lowest)
Poverty rate: 8.2 percent (6th lowest)
Credit rating: AAA
Population: 236,775

Chandler is one of the newest large cities in the U.S. The city was incorporated in 1951, but the population did not truly expand until very recently. In 1980, Chandler, which is located within the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, had a population of 30,000. Now, it has a population of 247,000. There are countless examples of cities that experienced this level of growth, but few, especially in the Southwest, have maintained a healthy economy through the recession.

In 2010, the city had the ninth-lowest unemployment rate among the largest cities, and the sixth-lowest poverty rate. Chandler has been assigned a perfect AAA stable rating by Moody’s.

“The stable credit outlook reflects Moody’s expectation that management will continue to maintain favorable financial operations and strong reserve levels despite ongoing economic weakness,” the credit agency wrote.

8. Scottsdale, AZ.
The Best and Worst Run Cities in AmericaViolent crime per 1,000 people: 1.53 (6th lowest)
Poverty rate: 7.9 percent (4th lowest)
Credit rating: AAA (stable outlook)
Population: 217,977

Like Chandler, Scottsdale is a prosperous suburb of Phoenix. It has the seventh-highest median income in the country, the highest percentage of high school graduates, and is among the top 10 for unemployment and health insurance coverage. However, because of its close proximity to Phoenix, home values dropped substantially during the recession.

Nevertheless, the city has managed to maintain healthy employment and low poverty, as well as a stable AAA rating — the best a city can receive.

“Scottsdale has weathered the recession with our AAA bond ratings intact because we cut where we need to cut and we invest where we need to invest,” said Mayor W. J. Lane.

7. Chesapeake, VA.
The Best and Worst Run Cities in AmericaViolent crime per 1,000 people: 3.84 (19th lowest)
Poverty rate: 7 percent (2nd lowest)
Credit rating: AA1
Population: 222,986

The city of Chesapeake was founded in 1963, although the area itself has had people living there since the late 17th century. Chesapeake is located on the southern edge of the City of Norfolk. It is also within striking distance of the city of Virginia Beach, which itself is among the best-run cities. These two adjacent cities provide sources of employment for Chesapeake residents. With few urban areas, Chesapeake has relatively low crime and unemployment, as well as the second-lowest poverty rate in the U.S. However, the city has a credit rating of AA1, rather than AAA, and is not in the top 20 percent for health insurance coverage.

See the other best-run cities at 24/7 Wall St.

The Worst-Run:

10. Hialeah, FL.
The Best and Worst Run Cities in AmericaViolent crime per 1,000 people: 4.36 (26th lowest)
Poverty rate: 22.1 percent (35th highest)
Credit rating: not rated
Population: 225,461

Hialeah is the sixth-largest city in the state, and yet it receives little press attention, largely because it is overshadowed by the neighboring city of Miami. In many ways, Hialeah is an improvement on its larger neighbor, posting the 26th lowest violent crime rate in the country, as well as the third-lowest vacant homes rate, at just 5 percent.

However, Hialeah also has a 12-month unemployment rate of more than 15 percent — higher than Miami and all but a few of America’s largest cities. The city, which has grown very quickly over the past several decades, has one of the lowest percentages of adults with health insurance, at 28.6 percent.

9. North Las Vegas, NV.
The Best and Worst Run Cities in AmericaViolent crime per 1,000 people: 8.93 (28th highest)
Poverty rate: 18.0 percent (35th lowest)
Credit rating: A2 (negative outlook)
Population: 217,304

The housing market of North Las Vegas plunged 50.9 percent from 2007 to 2010. In 2010, one in every five homes in the city was foreclosed upon, according to RealtyTrac. On top of that, the North Las Vegas Housing Authority misappropriated public money for years meant to help low-income residents. It appears that the soft housing market will continue to hurt city coffers. One of its major revenue sources — property taxes — is expected to fall by over a fifth in 2011 in the county. To reduce spending, the city cut or froze more than 800 positions in recent years.

The city has a credit rating of A2 from Moody’s, which the agency attributes to its “continued economic weakness and persistent financial challenges,” as well as “the city’s structurally imbalanced operations and reliance on financial reserves” used to support government operations.

8. Fresno, CA.
The Best and Worst Run Cities in AmericaViolent crime per 1,000 people: 6.26 (48th highest)
Poverty rate: 30.2 percent (9th highest)
Credit rating: A3 (negative outlook)
Population: 496,147

Fresno, which was incorporated in 1885, is California’s largest inland city. Like much of the state, the city’s home values declined by more than 30 percent between 2007 and 2010.

However, the vacancy rate in the city, at 9.8 percent, is better than average. Fresno’s 12-month average unemployment rate was the fifth-highest among the largest cities in the U.S. Also, more than 30 percent of the population lives below the poverty line. In October, Moody’s downgraded the city’s long-term debt rating to A2, citing an increasing budget gap and weak financial reserves.

7. St. Louis, MO.
The Best and Worst Run Cities in AmericaViolent crime per 1,000 people: 17.47 (2nd highest)
Poverty rate: 27.8 percent (13th highest)
Credit rating: AA3 (stable outlook)
Population: 319,156

St. Louis has had a hard time controlling violent crime. With 17.47 incidents per 1,000 residents in 2010, the city has the second highest rate of violent crime in the country. This is due in part to the city’s high poverty rate of 27.8 percent and its median income of $32,688, which is the 10th lowest out of the 100 largest cities. Additionally, nearly 20 percent of housing units in the city are vacant. All of these measures influence government revenues.

Despite this, St. Louis has managed its finances fairly well. While Moody’s credit score is AA3, the credit agency also reports that the city faces a continued weakening of resident income levels, high unemployment rates and a decreasing population.

6. Stockton, CA.
The Best and Worst Run Cities in AmericaViolent crime per 1,000 people: 13.81 (6th highest)
Poverty rate: 23.0 percent (27th highest)
Credit rating: Baa1 (negative outlook)
Population: 292,747

Stockton is part of the inland area that also contains Fresno. Stockton was one of the hardest-hit by the burst housing bubble. In 2007, median home value in the city was $364,700. By 2010, that number declined more than 50 percent to $171,500.

This massive drop — the second-largest decline among all major cities — has led to large-scale foreclosures and an increasingly dire economic situation. Stockton has the sixth-highest violent crime rate in the country among major U.S. cities, as well as the second-highest average unemployment rate, at more than 20 percent. The city currently has a large debt and a weak economy.

See the other worst-run cities at 24/7 Wall St.

*[Note on methodology: Researchers at 24/7 Wall St. looked at data from a number of sources. The Bureau of Labor Statistics provided unemployment data. The average rate for the most recent 12 months was used for our ranking. Credit ratings were provided by Moody’s Investors Services. The FBI’s Uniform Crime Report provided violent crime rates by city. They also relied on the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey for median household income, the percentage of the population below the poverty line, high school completion for those 25 and older, percentage of the population without health insurance and the change in occupied home values from 2007 to 2010. Once they reviewed the sources and compiled the final metrics, they ranked each city based on its performance in all the categories. A few cities did not have credit ratings or violent crime rates; these were not rewarded or penalized for the missing data.]

Comments (104)

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  • jg2pto
    Posted on January 6, 2012 at 6:32pm

    List is bogus. New Orleans is not number 1 for worst run cities.

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:20pm

      “This analysis of the best- and worst-run cities demonstrates that encouraging businesses to prosper and create jobs is the most important function of local government.”

      TLDR …. But I can address this concept on its own merit.

      There are some well meaning pro-capitalist people who wouldn’t disagree with the idea that encouraging businesses to grow is a good thing.

      But this actually plays into the idea that government has a place in the economy, to begin with. It does not.

      Businesses don’t need encouraging, and whenever government tries to do something toward that end, it ends up distorting the price system, and making the economy worse.

      There is absolutely NOTHING that the government can contribute to the economy; It’s not a market player, and that‘s not what it’s for, anyway.

      Government is for the protection of individual inalienable rights. That’s it. Even if it wanted to, it cannot inform the economy. At all. Again, every time it tries, it screws up.

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    • hud
      Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:36pm

      TO: DR’s etc—When you finance a business to the tune of a half trillion bucks, it seems to me that you are in the market in a big way.

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    • Sirfoldallot
      Posted on January 6, 2012 at 8:14pm

      Country folks can survive, Rating # 1.

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    • jacques.daspy
      Posted on January 6, 2012 at 8:56pm

      Yeah, you rite, killin‘s shouldn’t count, it just a poor communication technique that seems prevalent in certain neighborhoods.

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on January 6, 2012 at 9:26pm

      @hud,

      “When you finance a business to the tune of a half trillion bucks, it seems to me that you are in the market in a big way.”

      What you are describing is the cause of bubbles that must necessarily crash.

      Government investment in the economy does not represent real market supply and demand, and so the resulting investments will necessarily be a bubble.

      This is why Ron Paul was able to know, in 2001, that a housing crash was inevitable.

      See here.

      Ron Paul: “This real-estate bubble will burst, as all bubbles do” (part 3)
      http ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KONpt9a6HrI

      And here.

      Ron Paul Calls the Housing Collapse in 2003
      http ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S3lXDOQ7ec

      Watch this video if you want to understand why government investment in the economy leads to economic crashes.

      See here.

      Smashing Myths and Restoring Sound Money | Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
      http ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAzExlEsIKk

       
    • V-MAN MACE
      Posted on January 6, 2012 at 9:33pm

      List is definitely bogus.

      Why isn’t Cleveland there? They just laid off a lot of cops, and Obama had to give us a grant (of your tax payer money) to hire those revenuing losers back.

      Police are stealing from the taxpayers through timecard/overtime fraud and double dipping (working other jobs while on the clock), the firefighters are stealing from the taxpayers through timecard/overtime fraud and living in different cities, the city officials are stealing from the taxpayers and using it to buy Green Agenda garbage cans with microchips in them to track your recycling, Cuyahoga county officials are stealing from the taxpayers, the utilities are stealing from the taxpayers and consumers, the Public Utility Commission is letting them steal…

      It’s just a Criminal Fest. Cops are beating folks to a pulp, tasing people to death… shooting kids… beating and tasering homeless folks to death…TSA molesting people… Obama is a Dictator…Congress, Senate, judicial, executive branches are all criminal and treasonous…

      The people are asleep… or licking boots…

      I’ve awakened in Soviet Russia.

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    • CatB
      Posted on January 6, 2012 at 9:34pm

      Where is Detroit??? Should be right at the top of the worst run .. they can’t even give away houses.

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    • JayCee
      Posted on January 6, 2012 at 11:59pm

      Cleveland is no. 5, Detroit is no. 2.

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    • KICKILLEGALSOUT
      Posted on January 7, 2012 at 12:10am

      I can‘t stand these list’s of good cities etc. The last thing the residents of those cities need is for the media to be shouting to the world the great cities which the ******** and foreigners can leave the cities they just ruined and migrate to poison another great community.

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    • mcmeador
      Posted on January 7, 2012 at 12:41am

      Well I knew it was bogus when Memphis wasn’t even in the top 10.

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    • AnAppealToGod
      Posted on January 7, 2012 at 12:59am

      What is the f-in point of the blaze posting a half article of another site’s? Good grief. Is this an original news source or just a take from others and post it sight? We already have a drudge report.

      Do something about this lame coverage Blaze!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    • wbhpro
      Posted on January 7, 2012 at 1:39am

      AnAppealToGod…. I know it’s frustrating to have half an article. But sometimes the original stories/websites won’t just let you copy and past the entire article. They want you to visit there website and advertisers. Seems to always happen with the WSJ. So it’s probably there rule.

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    • TomFerrari
      Posted on January 7, 2012 at 8:08am

      as an EX-Californian, let me just point out…

      Stockton is also a victim of pelosi, boxer, feinstien, and costa’s attack on property rights.
      They LITERALLY “shut off” the water to central California’s farms!
      They PROHIBIT the farmers from using water that is running through the MANMADE canal that runs through their own land – that was built FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING WATER TO THEM, all in the name of “saving a fish !”

      Google “congress created dust bowl” – you’ll get TONS of RELIABLE information.

      Stockton is in the heart of that area.

      I can only surmise that it is the nazi/comunist tactic of CONTROL THE RESOURCES AND YOU CONTROL THE PEOPLE.

      They have partially turned on a bit of the water, and it created an AUCTION MARKET for water rights – landowners are selling their RATIONS of water to the highest bidder.
      Interestingly, though, all the while, and even now, the area is still CHARGED FULL RATES for ACCESS to the water!

      May our Heavenly Father save us !
      Let us turn back to Him to show ourselves desirious of His Grace and His Divine Intervention!

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    • JJW
      Posted on January 7, 2012 at 9:03am

      When the city confiscated guns after katrina and diarmed the innocent who were then victimized by the hoodlums, I placed new orleans on my list of never go there again.

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    • AmazingGrace8
      Posted on January 7, 2012 at 11:11am

      @TomFerrari

      Your post says it all: people’s liberties and filling bellies-Control the resources and you control the people….simple as that. This country is in DEEP-dew-dew. Dew does not grow crops for food.
      God Bless America!!! Help us Sweet Jesus!

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  • 1olderbutwiser1
    Posted on January 6, 2012 at 6:13pm

    Cities are cultural centers reflecting the values of the residents, and nearby smaller communities, proportionally……we can see that more than any other single fact. affecting the downfall of cities is poverty, Poverty is caused mostly by low incomes, and poor ability to make morally correct judgements, usually caused by poor education. However, some very educated people are rebellious against society having different social classes, thinking we are all equal. That is the great fallacy of democratic philosophy..We are not all equal in any way. We have souls that are of equal value to the Lord when we are born. That is the only way we are equal. We have alcoholics and other drug addicts having babies with undeveloped brains, being raised in squalor where the mothers continue to have defective children, and a welfare system that propagates this fault…..it’s a system where the worst are rewarded the most, resulting in more of the same.
    If you look at the animal kingdom, many species having been around much longer than modern man, you see the female only mating with the best of the species, not just another who left them share a meal. Here as people, we have requirements where the female can pop as many offspring out as they wish, and then a system of government where these incompetents will live off the winners. The winners don’t pop 10 or 15 babies out, with various and often unknown fathers, and cry for everything to be given to them, and demand “rights”. And trul

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  • ginger100
    Posted on January 6, 2012 at 6:13pm

    The worst run cities look like the old Soviet Union or an Indian reservations like the one I grew up on. I can’t wait until it looks like the Socialist Utopia Cuba. Where is that fat fart Michael Moore these days?

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  • babylonvi
    Posted on January 6, 2012 at 6:00pm

    Not fair to include Hialeah,FL, it’s supposed to be the best and worst AMERICAN cities.

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    • TXPilot
      Posted on January 6, 2012 at 6:06pm

      Hurray!…the city I live in, didn’t make the “worst list”….oh…that’s right, I don’t live in a city, because soon, cities will become deathtraps. Kinda like Detroit is now, on a good day.

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  • Patriot Z
    Posted on January 6, 2012 at 5:56pm

    now forget political parties, corralate this list with what value systems are dominante in these communities. aka conserv lib, liberterian, exactly which values are leading these places down their respective paths. again forget dem/repub caue they could easily be both

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    • pickupyurcross
      Posted on January 6, 2012 at 6:54pm

      Agreed. Let’s do an analysis of these cities with a look at the tax rates, policies, etc. My money is that most of the cities on the worst run cities have pretty liberal policies and the best run have pretty conservative policies.

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    • absolutely
      Posted on January 6, 2012 at 10:34pm

      That’s right, if you check you will see that the worst run are Dem’s for sure. Watched Detroit go down the tubes, started with Coleman Young, A Democrat and is still democratic to this day,
      Whatever is left of it. Dems plus Unions, destruction for sure. Coming soon to every city that doesn’t catch on quick. Too late for most however. Absolutely

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  • kindling
    Posted on January 6, 2012 at 5:43pm

    I have never heard any news outlet ask any Democrat why it is that ALL cities that are in trouble are run by socialists and why the best run are always more conservative. Why is it true “the more you give away the less people have”? I never hear any reporters ask those simple questions.

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    • FlowerBell
      Posted on January 6, 2012 at 11:27pm

      .
      Kindling,
      I often wondered why straight forward simple questions are not asked. But having watched liberals at work I would imagine they would retort —”The conservatives have taken advantage of the liberals, taking their money and leaving them disadvantaged, and the conservative cities are better because they are living high off all their ill-gotten gains from the liberals” And you go round and round. It doesn’t matter what you say or what you ask they will project their nonsense and confusion at you. They are a greedy, gluttonous, envious, lazy and irresponsible people with the mental abilities of self-centered teenagers. If we could only make them all go to their room for a while.

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  • Shiroi Raion
    Posted on January 6, 2012 at 5:35pm

    LOL Psychosis. You got that right. If there’s one thing that Democrats are good at… they sure know how to destroy a city.
    Why is Detroit number two and not number one? On average, Detroit has the worst stats except for the credit rating? Is the credit rating more important than violent crime, lack of education, and unemployment combined? I’d place it at number one myself… although Detroit certainly is ‘number two’.

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  • rationallyurs
    Posted on January 6, 2012 at 5:30pm

    mempho/hood–run by thugs for thugs

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  • essay
    Posted on January 6, 2012 at 5:20pm

    Detroit is overrun by Muslims. Just sayin’.

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  • buzdburd
    Posted on January 6, 2012 at 5:03pm

    Cincinnati didn’t make the bottom 10, but it can’t be far behind.

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on January 6, 2012 at 5:11pm

      Don’t forget Philadelphia, it has to be in the hunt too.

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  • lukerw
    Posted on January 6, 2012 at 4:59pm

    Small Republican cities are Good — Large Democrat cities are Bad!

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  • certified ethical hacker
    Posted on January 6, 2012 at 4:41pm

    I know for many years most of the crime around st louis was on the other side of the river in ILL noise , but the thugs have taken over the city. as far as detroit is concerned a long time ago my dad lived in lincoln park and worked in dearbourn . I have had uncles live there (dearbourn) there was a reason almost the entire white population moved out of detroit to areas like those and the most of the businesses . and thy the homes cant be given away in the area. people just would rather live in a peaceful area to raise a family, and you will never be able to do that in most of these crime areas

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  • TedsOfBeverlyHills
    Posted on January 6, 2012 at 4:40pm

    Why don’t they include the complete lists in these articles? We come to The Blaze to read the news, not for links to other sites with the rest of the story.

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    • betterthantv
      Posted on January 6, 2012 at 4:59pm

      They only do that with stories that are not “Blaze originated”. Beck takes a lot of heat for supposedly using other peoples data. I‘m guessing that’s why they do this.

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    • betterthantv
      Posted on January 6, 2012 at 5:01pm

      On another note.. I’m guessing your not a huge fan of The Drudge Report? Drudge is nothing but links. It’s a fantastic site but absolutely zero original reporting.

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  • AProudConservative
    Posted on January 6, 2012 at 4:35pm

    I would like to see a few more stats on these best/worst cities for comparison, such as:
    Which cities are run by Democrats with liberal tax and spend policies and which are run by Republicans with conservative restraint?
    Which cities have a large percentage of union households, or had large percentages before their downturn?
    Which cities have and possibly encourage a large percentage of illegal immigrants, the operative word being ILLEGAL?
    I think I can guess the answers to these questions.

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    • betterthantv
      Posted on January 6, 2012 at 4:57pm

      Most of what your looking for can be found in Beck’s book An Inconvenient Truth. The stats are a few years old but the graphs break down Republican run vs Democrat run. It’s pretty fascinating!

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  • Moozmom
    Posted on January 6, 2012 at 4:34pm

    Toledo, Ohio is a perfect example of a rust-belt Democratic run city on the slide in Ohio. Not sure of the population on the public dole, but it has to be enormous. I recall when many, many fortune 500 companies resided in Toledo. The business community tries and tries to better the business atmosphere, but Toledo is becoming Detroit. Sad.

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  • twface
    Posted on January 6, 2012 at 4:30pm

    Miami is a hodgepodge of multicultural garbage, run by democrats, designed to keep the impoverished enslaved.

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  • AProudConservative
    Posted on January 6, 2012 at 4:26pm

    It would be interesting to see some more stats on the best/worst run cities, such as; Which cities are run by Democrats and which are run by Republicans; Which cities have a high percentage of union households; and which cities have a high percentage of illegal immigrants, the oppertive word being ILLEGAL. Just a thought, but I think I already know the answer.

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  • extinction
    Posted on January 6, 2012 at 4:22pm

    I was curious about Detroit, too, so I clicked on the link “See the Other Worst Run Cities at 24/7 Wall St” and discovered that Detroit came in at #2. I guess they’ll just have to try harder next year….

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  • Enuff Zenuff
    Posted on January 6, 2012 at 4:13pm

    Where’s Washington DC on this list? – Aren’t they run by Congress?

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  • BobtheMoron
    Posted on January 6, 2012 at 4:10pm

    Where’s Detroit, Philadelphia and Baltimore?

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    • Celeste.Christi
      Posted on January 6, 2012 at 4:19pm

      They’ve written off those cities – just like they‘ve written off the 20 million Americans that aren’t working (those not collecting benefits). Sadly we can’t believe anything the MSM reports, even something as seemingly straight forward as a best/worst city list.

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    • Cavallo
      Posted on January 6, 2012 at 5:08pm

      Follow the link, detroit is on there I think at #2 worst.

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  • DirectlyUnPCman
    Posted on January 6, 2012 at 4:09pm

    Yep. Where Liberalism rules, so does crime, unemployment and depression.

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on January 6, 2012 at 5:29pm

      @direct
      Thats what liberalism thrives on…. Its how they maintain their power and their cash flow !!!!!!!

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    • CulperGang
      Posted on January 6, 2012 at 7:20pm

      Liberalism in the White House = Crime Liberalism on the Hill = Crime ALL = Depression for We the People…mentally and physically.

      No checks and balances protecting the country from CRIME by politicians = COWARDs in the Justice Department and The Defense Department. No one“ in the know” is stepping in to protect the Home of the FREE or the Brave?…….who WILL be shot on sight for “dissenting” by cowards aiding and abetting the criminals in the halls of our political institution = CANCER ON THE REPUBLIC.

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    • Firefighter 538
      Posted on January 7, 2012 at 12:10am

      “Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.” -George Washington

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  • Detroit paperboy
    Posted on January 6, 2012 at 4:04pm

    Did i miss Detroit……..

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    • jjoy
      Posted on January 6, 2012 at 4:12pm

      No one would miss detroit…

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    • valarie
      Posted on January 6, 2012 at 4:19pm

      Detroit is the second worst and Miami is the worst. You have to click on the link and read the article.

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    • FreedomPurveyor
      Posted on January 6, 2012 at 4:23pm

      Detroit is ranked #2 on the “worst” list.

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  • Hatedemdems
    Posted on January 6, 2012 at 4:03pm

    Why isn’t Filtydelphia on this list. The democrats are systematically robbing the citizens blind.

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  • Carter John
    Posted on January 6, 2012 at 4:03pm

    Where is the rest of the list?

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  • Psychosis
    Posted on January 6, 2012 at 3:55pm

    look ………………..democrats are at least consistent lol

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  • texasfireguy
    Posted on January 7, 2012 at 10:36am

    They seem to be doing ok in plano, I don’t see your point.

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  • texasfireguy
    Posted on January 7, 2012 at 10:41am

    And an RN with a two year degree is called an LVN, RN takes 4 years.

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