Note to self: Don't move to Clarksville

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The 100 Best Places to Raise a Family - Â MSN Lifestyle: Men

The 10 Worst Places to Raise a Family (from best to worst)

Springfield, Missouri
Dayton, Ohio
Corpus Christi, Texas
Flint, Michigan (Country's highest violent-crime rate)
Columbia, South Carolina
Waco, Texas
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Beaumont, Texas (Long-standing air-quality challenges)
Clarksville, Tennessee (Low educational spending: $6,729 per student)

I scanned the 100 best places list twice and didn't see any Tennessee city
 
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any list of any kind that has El Paso, TX in the top 100 (unless top cesspools) shoud be completely disregarded.

Other odd "family raising" mentions are there as well.
 
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Tulsa, OK? I have known numerous people from Tulsa and almost all of them have told me to steer clear.
 
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I've never been to El Paso so I can only touch on what I've read and it's always been fairly good as far as family living. I looked at some jobs that were down there and so I researched the city and everything was positive. Price of living, school systems, traffic and crime were all rated very well.

As for Tulsa, I can only refer to George Strait and "Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa"
 
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Sorry to hear Clarksville is on the list. I'm actually visiting this weekend
My Sister and Brother-in-law have lived here since '91. My niece is graduating high school tonight and is the Valedictorian

I will say their not happy with the schools, there 14 year old son is going to Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville, and their youngest son will go there next year.
 
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Las Vegas? :crazy:

And the cost of living in Honolulu should immediately eliminate it from being #1...
 
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how in the world does jacksonville make that list. They have a pretty high murder rate.
 
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if you got positive news on El Paso on the crime front, you should disassociate with that source.
 
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a good number of military towns in the bottom 10

However, they have Waterbury, CT, as the 43rd best. It is probably the biggest s***hole in the state, tons of public housing, more than a few former mayors have served time for corruption, city paychecks have bounced more than once, and it is pretty dilapidated top to bottom, other than a small downtown area.

It's a huge eyesore, i just don't see how they calculated these lists if that dump comes in 43d
 
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I'm surprised with Columbus, GA being so high on the list
the author must not have visited the Stop Light on Victory Drive
 
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AOL just came out with a top 10 places to live and my hometown of CHATTANOOGA, TN was number 3!

Nooga has really changed since I grew up there in the 80's. But honestly I think these list are BS. Every place has its advantages and liabilities. It is up to the individual to find the advantages. If you can't find them, move to a place that has the advantages you are looking for.
 
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I love the intro paragraph about how quality of life factors help promote a good environment for raising kids, while long commutes, expensive homes, and so on do not. They follow that up by listing almost every major city where you will see a long commute, expensive homes, crime, and so on.

I'll take Lenoir City over NYC, LA, Oklahoma City, etc for raising kids. NYC probably spends a fortune on student education, but they still aren't doing so hot.
 
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jwells said:
I love the intro paragraph about how quality of life factors help promote a good environment for raising kids, while long commutes, expensive homes, and so on do not. They follow that up by listing almost every major city where you will see a long commute, expensive homes, crime, and so on.

I'll take Lenoir City over NYC, LA, Oklahoma City, etc for raising kids. NYC probably spends a fortune on student education, but they still aren't doing so hot.
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You may have a point, NYC may spend alot of $$$ on kids education, but it all starts at home. Why do we keep throwong $$$ at the schools when it just gets worst? Parents need to step up, thats all.
 
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myrobbins7 said:
You may have a point, NYC may spend alot of $$$ on kids education, but it all starts at home. Why do we keep throwong $$$ at the schools when it just gets worst? Parents need to step up, thats all.
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Not to turn this political, but that's the answer for a lot of these schools it seems... throw $$$ at it.
 
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jwells said:
I love the intro paragraph about how quality of life factors help promote a good environment for raising kids, while long commutes, expensive homes, and so on do not. They follow that up by listing almost every major city where you will see a long commute, expensive homes, crime, and so on.

I'll take Lenoir City over NYC, LA, Oklahoma City, etc for raising kids. NYC probably spends a fortune on student education, but they still aren't doing so hot.
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That gives you an idea of the slant that most of these determinations were made under. I'm assuming they weighed very heavily things like the arts, theatres, ethnic diversity, outdoor activities, and proximity to the creature comforts that most of your metropolitans areas have. Meanwhile, housing costs and commute time, as you mentioned, are downplayed.
 
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But fathers face reality when they're not in prime time. They want to raise their children somewhere safe, where they can attend good schools with favorable student-teacher ratios, above-average test scores, and respectable budgets. Plenty of museums, parks, and pediatricians also contribute to a good quality of life, whereas multihour commutes, expensive houses, and divorcing friends and neighbors do not.

Best Life editors used these categories and data from the U.S. Census Bureau, National Center for Education Statistics, FBI, American Association of Museums, National Center for Health Statistics, and American Bar Association??? to evaluate 257 cities. Here are the best—and worst—places to raise a family.
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I'm not sure educational spending per student is a valid indicator of a city's worthiness. Charlotte, NC's school system has a budget of well over 1 billion dollars yet it routinely allows sexual offenders back through into it's schools.

Clarksville's low per capita spending is probably a reflection of Ft. Campbell being right there.
 
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