{"id":631,"date":"2003-12-09T04:42:00","date_gmt":"2003-12-09T10:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/?p=631"},"modified":"2003-12-09T04:42:00","modified_gmt":"2003-12-09T10:42:00","slug":"best-place-to-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/?p=631","title":{"rendered":"Best place to live?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bestplaces.net\/html\/fybpstart.asp\">test source<\/a><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"600\">\n<tr Align=\"Center\">\n<td colspan=\"2\"><font size=\"-2\" face=\"verdana,arial,helvetica\"><\/font><\/td>\n<td align=\"\"center colspan=9 ><font size=\"-2\" face=\"verdana,arial,helvetica\"><b>Category Scores<\/b><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr Align=\"Center\" BGCOLOR=\"#FFFFCC\" >\n<td><\/td>\n<td><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\"> <\/font><\/td>\n<td><font size=\"-2\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">Climate<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font size=\"-2\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">Econ.<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font size=\"-2\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">Hous.<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font size=\"-2\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">Educ.<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font size=\"-2\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">Health<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font size=\"-2\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">Crime<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font size=\"-2\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">Recr.<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font size=\"-2\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">Arts<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font size=\"-2\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">Trans.<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#CCFFCC\">\n<td align=\"Right\"><font size=\"-2\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">1&nbsp;<\/font><\/td>\n<td width=\"250\" Align=\"Left\"><a href=\"fybpstats.asp?msa=1120\"><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">Boston, MA-NH-ME<\/font><\/a><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">8%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">6%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">5%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">18%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">9%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">6%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">6%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">11%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">30%<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td align=\"Right\"><font size=\"-2\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">2&nbsp;<\/font><\/td>\n<td width=\"250\" Align=\"Left\"><a href=\"fybpstats.asp?msa=8840\"><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV<\/font><\/a><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">7%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">7%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">6%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">22%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">7%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">4%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">7%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">7%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">33%<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#CCFFCC\">\n<td align=\"Right\"><font size=\"-2\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">3&nbsp;<\/font><\/td>\n<td width=\"250\" Align=\"Left\"><a href=\"fybpstats.asp?msa=7360\"><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">San Francisco, CA<\/font><\/a><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">1%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">7%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">5%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">18%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">8%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">3%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">15%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">12%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">31%<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td align=\"Right\"><font size=\"-2\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">4&nbsp;<\/font><\/td>\n<td width=\"250\" Align=\"Left\"><a href=\"fybpstats.asp?msa=5600\"><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">New York, NY<\/font><\/a><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">8%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">4%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">6%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">18%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">3%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">3%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">13%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">9%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">36%<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#CCFFCC\">\n<td align=\"Right\"><font size=\"-2\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">5&nbsp;<\/font><\/td>\n<td width=\"250\" Align=\"Left\"><a href=\"fybpstats.asp?msa=5120\"><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI<\/font><\/a><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">9%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">16%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">7%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">20%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">8%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">5%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">9%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">6%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">20%<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td align=\"Right\"><font size=\"-2\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">6&nbsp;<\/font><\/td>\n<td width=\"250\" Align=\"Left\"><a href=\"fybpstats.asp?msa=5380\"><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">Long Island, NY<\/font><\/a><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">9%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">5%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">6%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">19%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">10%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">15%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">12%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">9%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">14%<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#CCFFCC\">\n<td align=\"Right\"><font size=\"-2\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">7&nbsp;<\/font><\/td>\n<td width=\"250\" Align=\"Left\"><a href=\"fybpstats.asp?msa=6820\"><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">Rochester, MN<\/font><\/a><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">9%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">20%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">8%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">23%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">4%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">10%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">0%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">5%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">21%<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td align=\"Right\"><font size=\"-2\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">8&nbsp;<\/font><\/td>\n<td width=\"250\" Align=\"Left\"><a href=\"fybpstats.asp?msa=1600\"><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">Chicago, IL<\/font><\/a><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">13%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">6%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">7%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">19%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">5%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">2%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">4%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">9%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">36%<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#CCFFCC\">\n<td align=\"Right\"><font size=\"-2\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">9&nbsp;<\/font><\/td>\n<td width=\"250\" Align=\"Left\"><a href=\"fybpstats.asp?msa=7600\"><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA<\/font><\/a><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">3%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">8%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">7%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">14%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">8%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">4%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">22%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">6%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">28%<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td align=\"Right\"><font size=\"-2\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">10&nbsp;<\/font><\/td>\n<td width=\"250\" Align=\"Left\"><a href=\"fybpstats.asp?msa=4480\"><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA<\/font><\/a><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">2%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">6%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">7%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">21%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">1%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">4%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">19%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">8%<\/font><\/td>\n<td ><font size=\"-1\" face=\"arial,helvetica\">34%<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Interesting that the east coast tops off my list.  Climactically, I totally get that, though DC is a bit on the warm\/muggy side for my taste (it&#8217;s up there because it&#8217;s got so many smarties, schools, the library of congress, etc, etc).  (Chicago was my climate selection, though I was sad to have to choose only city.  I like mild summers, snowy winters, and generally cool climates.  So, from the description, I really ought to check out Denver, pity it&#8217;s thoroughly land locked.  Main problems for it were recreational possibilities, and low high school\/college graduates).  <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m surprised by the high transportation scores for LA &#038; Seattle (I chose way high on public transit (duh), train access almost there, plane access just below that.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh was 14, Madison 30, Oakland was 40th (big loser on climate and health (primarily air quality)), Champaign-Urbana was 71st scoring a surprising 0% on recreation (no nearby parks, I guess), Burlington, VT lost big on transportation and libraries (97th), Phoenix got a 0% on climate, and while I doubt I&#8217;d like it, I doubt it&#8217;d be that bad), Albuquerque was 217th.  Good thing I&#8217;m not living there. =)<\/p>\n<p>I really wish that you could make a section (like say, transportation) multiplicative instead of additive, but, overall, cool thingy.  Thank you <lj user=versacedave><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>test source Category Scores Climate Econ. Hous. Educ. Health Crime Recr. 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