Community Corner
Palo Alto is No. 1 'Most Livable City'
And the survey says ... our town is tops for weather, economy and culture and nature.
Palo Alto ranked as the No. 1 "Most Livable City" in a nationwide survey released Wednesday by Livability.com.
"Take mild weather, a thriving economy, great cultural and natural amenities; add in not one, but two downtowns surrounded by housing; and finally, drop in one of the highest-ranked universities in the world," the surveyors said, "and you’ll find yourself in Palo Alto, Livability.com’s 2014 Best Place to Live."
Palo Alto received a score of 646 compiled from such factors as healthcare, housing, infrastructure, housing, education and economics.
Coming in second and third on the list were Boulder, Co., and Berkeley with livability scores of 643, according to the poll.
Livability.com and its research partners used data from public sources like the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Agriculture, as well as private-sector sources including Esri, Walk Score and Great Schools, and nonprofits like the Center for Neighborhood Technology and Americans for the Arts, to compile the survey results.
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