| City | Income | Un- employ- ment |
Liv. Cost | Health Care |
Pedia- tricians |
School Quality |
Per- Pupil Spend |
Child- care | Violent Crimes |
Prop. Crimes |
Parks | |
| 1 | New York Metro |
6 | 18 | 41 | 46 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 25 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Austin | 21 | 5 | 25 | 13 | 21 | 16 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 33 | 7 |
| 3 | Minneapolis /St. Paul | 10 | 15 | 23 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 13 | 41 | 13 | 25 | 24 |
| 4 | Milwaukee | 22 | 27 | 14 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 16 |
| 5 | Portland | 20 | 46 | 34 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 16 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Cincinnati | 30 | 30 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 29 |
| 7 | San Jose | 2 | 45 | 50 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 43 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 8 | Pittsburgh | 42 | 10 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 42 |
| 9 | Seattle-Tacoma | 7 | 25 | 45 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 18 | 28 | 6 | 39 | 31 |
| 10 | Denver | 23 | 12 | 26 | 18 | 31 | 35 | 28 | 19 | 11 | 15 |
