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San Diego
America’s Best Places Rank: 7th
Population: 1,297,618
Mayor: Jerry Sanders
Why it’s ranked: It’s difficult to find a city that has weather more classically perfect. Essentially, it’s always sunny—shorts and flip-flop weather. So grab your surfboard and head to the beach, one of the hundreds of bars or thousands of restaurants. Or put on a pair of loafers and head to one of the nearly 200 museums in the area. "America’s finest city" is just waiting to please you.
How it ranked:
Percent with bachelor's degrees: 40.6
Percent under poverty level: 13.1
Median household income: $61,962
Violent crime rate: 451.1
Property crime rate: 2,452.6
School score: 70.79
Pro sports teams: 2
Foreclosure rate: .0139
Percent Unemployment: 8.9
Park acres per 1,000 residents: 36.3
Bars: 283
Restaurants: 2,945
Museums: 199
Colleges: 24
Libraries: 54
Air Quality Index: 105
Population: 1,297,618
Mayor: Jerry Sanders
Why it’s ranked: It’s difficult to find a city that has weather more classically perfect. Essentially, it’s always sunny—shorts and flip-flop weather. So grab your surfboard and head to the beach, one of the hundreds of bars or thousands of restaurants. Or put on a pair of loafers and head to one of the nearly 200 museums in the area. "America’s finest city" is just waiting to please you.
How it ranked:
Percent with bachelor's degrees: 40.6
Percent under poverty level: 13.1
Median household income: $61,962
Violent crime rate: 451.1
Property crime rate: 2,452.6
School score: 70.79
Pro sports teams: 2
Foreclosure rate: .0139
Percent Unemployment: 8.9
Park acres per 1,000 residents: 36.3
Bars: 283
Restaurants: 2,945
Museums: 199
Colleges: 24
Libraries: 54
Air Quality Index: 105
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