Erik Reuter wrote:
>
> On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 08:47:08AM -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
>
> > I found it interesting that the most leftist city that I'm familiar
> > with, Madison WI, is listed number 1. Its interesting to compare this
> > to the discussion of the need to set a healthy, conservative climate
> > to attract business.
>
> I've always found those best places surveys amusing but useless, because
> of the noise. If you follow the cities from year to year, their ranking
> jumps around wildly. I suspect the ratings are meaningless, but even if
> they do really change that fast because of actual city changes, it is
> still mostly useless unless you plan to move every year...
I'd look at the ratings over, say, 5 years, and see which cities are
consistently in the top 20. Then maybe look into what, if anything,
they have in common.
Apparently Austin and Madison have a good number of things in common,
frex.
Julia
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