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Dallas Slips From Top 25 Best Places To Live In New Ranking
According to a new survey, the DFW area has taken a bit of a hit as one of the most livable places in America.
DALLAS, TX — Nearly one-third of Americans say the coronavirus pandemic has them re-evaluating where they live, according to a new ranking. With that in mind, some of them may want to consider moving to Dallas.
DFW is now listed as the 37th best place to live in the United States, according to a new ranking released this week by U.S. News & World Report.
The 2021-22 list ranks the country’s 150 most populous metropolitan areas based on affordability, job prospects and desirability. This year, researchers also looked at how the top communities fared throughout the pandemic and how much work is needed to recover.
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DFW had a lot of company in its tumble. In fact, Texas cities in general took a hit. San Antonio, for example, slipped from 41 last year to 75. Houston fell from 27 to 39 and even trendy Austin lost ground, coming in this year at No. 5, down from No. 3 last year.
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“It shouldn’t be a surprise that many metro areas that saw unemployment levels skyrocket in 2020 fell in the rankings, but those with greater employment stability tended to fare well,” Devon Thorsby, real estate editor at U.S. News, said in a news release.
For the second consecutive year, Boulder, Colorado, was named the No. 1 place to live due to high quality of life, a robust job market and high desirability scores. Raleigh and Durham, North Carolina, jumped nine spots to take No. 2 and Huntsville, Alabama, catapulted 12 spots to No. 3.
To determine which cities made the cut this year, U.S. News asked thousands of people across the country to share what factors are most important when choosing a place to live. Survey responses were categorized into five indexes: the value of living there, the quality of life, the health of the job market, whether people want to live there and whether people are actually moving there.
U.S. News also used data available from the U.S. Census Bureau, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Sharecare and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Read more about the Best Places To Live methodology.
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