Forbes.com : Some Rankings

[sunshine]

Best for Culture

1 Los Angeles

2. New York

3. Chicago

4. SF

5. Boston

Worst for Culture

1. Brownsville, TX

2. Huntsville, AL

3. Mc Allen, TX

4. Lafayette, LA

5. Visalia, CA

Highest Living Cost

1. NY

2. Salinas,CA

3. Boston, MA

4. San Jose,CA

5. SF

There are more. I will add them later.

[teshadoh]

If I was Hispanic, I think I would be rather upset that they ranked Brownsvill, TX the worst city for culture & they stick a picture of Mexican dancers & mariachis.

[sunshine]

Why is it so expensive to live in Salinas, CA? I have never heard of that place until now.

[Allan]

Why is it so expensive to live in Salinas, CA? I have never heard of that place until now.

I'm not sure. I'd think that San Diego would rank higher than Salinas, but I didn't make the rankings. All I know is that living on the west coast, and particularly California is extremely expensive. The high cost of living is what's keeping me away...there's no way I could ever afford a decent place there!

[Spartan]

So Brownsville must be a horrid place to live since it made the worst educated and the worst culture list.

Maybe Salinas is one of those small towns that has somehow managed to only have really righ people to pump alot of money into the town.

[FourOneFive]

Wow, I'm even suprised to see Salinas. It's a suburb of the San Francisco Bay Area. It's between San Jose and the Monterey Peninsula. In all honesty, I would think San Francisco would end up being #2 on that list.