NYC Is a Worse Place to Live Than Bakersfield, According to U.S. News and World Report

Bakersfield, California. Photo by Robert Bejil

New York City is a worse place to live than a flat, farty cow town in the agricultural anus of California, population 400,000-ish, where suburban clowns, toothless criminals and fracking moguls go to spend their golden years, according to a comprehensive new ranking of America's 100 most populous cities by U.S. News and World Report.

In fact, the report says, New York City is a worse place to live than all but four other big cities in America.

Here are the full rankings, ordered from best place to live in the U.S. to worst. Here is the methodology behind them. And here is the proper response to said methodology, courtesy of the good and the levelheaded John Del Signore.