Amber Fisher , Patch Staff. Posted Tue, Jul 13, at am MT. News analyzed the most populated metro areas in the country to find the best places to live, and Denver was ranked No. Find out what's happening in Denver with free, real-time updates from Patch. Let's go! Colorado Springs and Fort Collins were ranked No. Also, here's a look at how our city measured up in each category: Job market: 7. Thank Reply Share.
The rules of replying: Be respectful. This is a space for friendly local discussions. No racist, discriminatory, vulgar or threatening language will be tolerated. Be transparent. Cities on the list were also determined in part by public survey, taken five months after the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Thousands of respondents weighed in on what qualities they consider important when choosing where they're going to put down roots.
News also looked at data from the U. The coronavirus pandemic and civil unrest may have had an impact on how people perceive some cities this year, researchers said. Desirability was the most significant factor in ranking decreases for hard-hit cities like Minneapolis-St.
See the full list of Best Places To Live. To determine the best places in the United States to retire, U. News looked at measures including happiness, housing affordability, health care quality, taxes, desirability and job market ratings. These measures were also weighted by the results of a nationwide public survey of people nearing retirement age ages and those who are retirement age 60 or older to find out what matters most when deciding where to retire.
News also used data from the U. This year's list of Best Places to Retire is dominated by Florida metro areas, largely due to affordable homes, low taxes and high ratings for happiness and desirability. Increases in desirability and job market scores lifted Sarasota to No. Lucie's housing affordability score decreased slightly, but increases in desirability, job market and health care scores helped it jump two places to No. The independent arts and music scenes are vibrant Denver offers every kind of free public-park option: dog parks, skate parks, bike parks, walking parks, grassy parks, gay parks Matt Stone and Trey Parker proved you don't have to graduate from the University of Colorado to hit it big on the small screen Denver enjoys days of sunshine — if you're fairly liberal with your definition of sunshine — which quickly melt the snow in the city while keeping the white stuff on the peaks.
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