Miami, Florida Cities Score Low On WalletHub Study

MIAMI, FL — Miami and other Florida cities didn't fare too well in a new study that ranked city services. The Magic City was ranked 93rd out of 150 U.S. cities. Hialeah ranked 83rd. Fort Lauderdale ranked 110th, according to the study by personal finance website WalletHub.

"WalletHub compared the operating efficiency of 150 of the largest U.S. cities to reveal which among them are managed best," the website said in releasing the study on Monday. "We constructed a “Quality of Services” score made up of 35 metrics grouped into six service categories, which we then measured against the city’s per-capita budget."

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Other Florida cities in the study included Orlando at 89th position, Jacksonville at 92nd, Tampa at 90th position and St. Petersburg at 42nd.

To arrive at the rankings, WalletHub compared 150 of the most populated cities across six key categories: Financial stability, education, health, safety, economy as well as infrastructure and pollution.

Nampa, Idaho topped the list of the best run cities followed by Provo, Utah and Boise, Idaho. At the bottom of the list were Washington, D.C.; Detroit, New York City and San Francisco.

To read more about the findings, click here.

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