24/7 Wall Street recently released its first annual list of the Best and Worst Run Cities in America, based on data from the 100 largest cities in the country by population. By examining their "local economies, fiscal discipline and standard of living," they were able to come up with a list of winners and losers. The biggest loser? Miami.
Based on their research, Miami had the fourth lowest percentage of adults that graduated from high school (68.2%). In addition, despite being the richest city in the country, they have the fifth highest poverty rate at 32.4%. The city's biggest problem appears to be the huge gap between the wealthy and the poor, as the median household income is just $27,291.
Miami being named the vainest city didn't shock anyone, but the worst managed as well? Ouch. Maybe it should try to be like Virginia Beach, which was named the best city. Not likely though; Miami's not that conservative. Meh, as long as the Heat are looking good and the surgeons are knifing people up, we doubt the city cares.
[via Miami New Times and 24/7 Wall Street]
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JBurroughs January 23rd, 2012 at 05:23 AM
Miami’s low rating are due to the fact that Miami is run by a lot of greedy crooked people. We are suffering here. The politicians rob us and the police bully us here. They put up, tolls everywhere, they allow people to buy parts of Miami so they can make money off of it’s communities by taxing for everything. The education is poor because they focus on how they can make more money of us and our children instead of actually teaching our children. Our children aren’t taught anymore how to think for themselves but more on how to be a good worker for others. Everyone is making money off of the citizens of the city of miami except the citizens and we are all suffering. They entrap our men and sons so they can lock them up and make money off of them and their families. Miami is suffering because it is being run by corruption and greed and no one seems to care. People complain but act as if there is nothing they can do about it. Just a few days ago my family and household was violated by the police. They committed treason in a sense because they violated several of our constitutional rights as American Citizens. Our rights are being violated everyday and everyday they find ways to strip away our freedom. Miami is not a glamorous place for many of the people who live here and work here. Jobs, Politicians, police, companies, housing, etc are being allowed to take full advantage with no recourse. Most of the crime is committed by the so-called law givers. If you want to know what’s really going on here, start asking the citizens in some of these lower neighborhoods. Miami is a slave city and we are all being used from the adults down to the children. The rappers from here aren't rapping about the truth of what's going on because they too, are to busy making money. See the pattern here? We have a city full of beautiful people that truly want to live free, make money and live peacefully, that are slowly being drained, sucked dry and destroyed. The police here make it there business to get our sons while they are young, so they can have a criminal record at an early age instead of teaching them better. I pray to God everyday for thing to get better here.