This Is the US City Where People Care the Most

[Johnboy60]

Apparently there are plenty of group hugs going on in Virginia Beach, Va.

This is the US city where people care the most

 

[Albion]

All this list does it take the most politically liberal cities and then arbitrarily identify them as "caring."

It would make just as much sense to find the cities with the lowest property taxes, most churches per square mile, and most private schools...and proclaim them the "most caring."

 

[JackRT]

From the reference given in the OP:

Tis the season for compassion and kindness—and in that spirit, WalletHub has rounded up the cities it says are the most caring in America. The site looked at more than three dozen metrics in the 100 most populated US cities, across three main categories: caring for the community (which includes everything from the rate of violent crime to online giving and how the environment is prioritized); caring in the workforce (e.g., per capita rankings for health care workers, as well as teachers' and counselors' care for the well-being of students); and caring for the vulnerable, which takes a look at the poverty rate, the availability of paid family leave, and animal protection laws, among other factors.

Maybe Albion's three criteria fit in there somewhere.

 

[dqhall]

From the reference given in the OP:

Tis the season for compassion and kindness—and in that spirit, WalletHub has rounded up the cities it says are the most caring in America. The site looked at more than three dozen metrics in the 100 most populated US cities, across three main categories: caring for the community (which includes everything from the rate of violent crime to online giving and how the environment is prioritized); caring in the workforce (e.g., per capita rankings for health care workers, as well as teachers' and counselors' care for the well-being of students); and caring for the vulnerable, which takes a look at the poverty rate, the availability of paid family leave, and animal protection laws, among other factors.

Maybe Albion's three criteria fit in there somewhere.

I lived in Washington, D.C. before. I was surprised to see it on a list of America’s friendliest cities. The murder rate there is higher than the national average.

In my county there was one murder-suicide last year. A local transvestite was also murdered and the body dumped in another county last year. We did not make the friendliest list as it is an unincorporated area.

 

[Occams Barber]

I lived in Washington, D.C. before. I was surprised to see it on a list of America’s friendliest cities. The murder rate there is higher than the national average.

In my county there was one murder-suicide last year. A local transvestite was also murdered and the body dumped in another county last year. We did not make the friendliest list as it is an unincorporated area.

There were 39 separate criteria used. Violent Crime rate was one of the criteria and was given a triple weighting. Washington must have done well in other categories.
OB

 

[TLK Valentine]

It would make just as much sense to find the cities with the lowest property taxes, most churches per square mile, and most private schools...and proclaim them the "most caring."

What do any of those criteria have to do with "caring"?

 

[dqhall]

There were 39 separate criteria used. Violent Crime rate was one of the criteria and was given a triple weighting. Washington must have done well in other categories.
OB

They have great museums, restaurants, lectures, sports, access to airports, subway, universities, high paying jobs, expensive real estate. Some neighborhoods are plagued with crime, even close to Capitol Hill. It is not a low cost retirement area.

 

[iluvatar5150]

All this list does it take the most politically liberal cities and then arbitrarily identify them as "caring."

It would make just as much sense to find the cities with the lowest property taxes, most churches per square mile, and most private schools...and proclaim them the "most caring."

The folks in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and central California would disagree with you. I don't put a lot of stock in lists like this, but... it's like you didn't read any of it.