Well, you know San Antonio is going to be included on the list, else I wouldn't be writing this article. It never comes as a surprise to me that whenever I see a list of the "Best Cities..." there's a good chance that San Antonio, Texas will be on this list.
The most recent citing of my favorite city appears on the Forbes List of "Best and Worst Bang For The Buck Cities," in which San Antonio was ranked second in the top ten of 'the best.' Other Texas cities on the list were; Austin, (1), Houston (4), and Dallas (10).
The author of the article, Abha Bhattarai quotes Andrew Gledhill, an economist at Moody's Economy.com as saying that "Texas, as a whole, is one of the few economies that's performing extremely well because of the energy and technology sectors. Goodhill added that "military bases in San Antonio have continued to draw a steady stream of personnel and federal employees to the city, spurring widespread job growth.
Other than the economic pluses cited in the Forbes article, San Antonio is a favorite retirement city for many seniors looking for a great climate, affordable housing, easy highway access to numerous recreational activities including world class golf courses within minutes of most San Antonio locations, and the not to be forgotten "Good Old Southern Hospitality!"
Other cities in the Forbes top ten list of best cities are: Indianapolis, IN (3) Charlotte, N.C. (5), Columbus, OH (6), Minneapolis/St. Paul (8), Denver, CO (9), and Portland, OR (10). Cities where residents get the least for their money, according to Forbes, are in order:
Los Angeles, CA, Providence, R.I., New Orleans, LA, Philadelphia, PA, Cleveland, OH, New York, NY, Milwaukee, WI, St. Louis, MO, Washington D.C., and Sacramento, CA.
To determine the cities rankings, Forbes magazine compared the ratios between a city's median home price and its median household income. Also factored into the equation were projected job growth.
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