Wallethub - best and worst run cities in the US
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https://wallethub.com/edu/best-run-cities/22869
Recent years have been a true test of the effectiveness of local leadership, from public health crises like the COVID-19 pandemic to higher-than-average inflation and other issues like elevated homicide rates.
Even during less difficult times, running a city is a tall order. The larger the city, the more complex it becomes to manage. Local leaders must balance the public’s diverse interests with the city’s limited resources. Leaders must carefully consider which services are most essential, which agencies’ budgets to cut or boost, and how much to charge in local taxes, among other decisions.
But how do we measure the effectiveness of local leadership? One way is by determining a city’s operating efficiency. In other words, we can learn how well city officials manage and spend public funds by comparing the quality of the services residents receive against the city’s total budget.
Using that approach, WalletHub compared the operating efficiency of 148 of the largest U.S. cities to reveal which among them are managed best. We constructed a “Quality of Services” score made up of 36 metrics grouped into six service categories, which we then measured against the city’s per-capita budget.
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This is bogus. I have been reliably informed that New York, New York is so good that they named it twice. Then again, there is apparently a lot of scandal and vice so maybe they have a point.
Rhode Island is so small they hardly made the list at all, and there are no songs about them.
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Boise is kinda going like Houston, from what I hear.
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Warwick RI (#13) has a really good music store. I think that should be included as a feature.
Comparing it to NY or San Francisco is like comparing that time I got punched at school with World War 2.
