Cities Ranked?& Rated: More Than 400 Metropolitan Areas Evaluated in the U.S. and Canada

by Peter J. Sander, Peter Sander, Bert Sperling

Cities Ranked & Rated: Your Guide to the Best Places to Live in the U.S. & Canada provides timely facts and unbiased information on over 400 U.S. and 30 Canadian cities in an easy-to-access format.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076452562X
• ISBN13: 9780764525629
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 832 Pages
• Weight: 3.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 8.5" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Cities Ranked and Rated helpful

We are looking to relocate in the next few years and the book has been very helpful in finding locations that would suit us. It is easy to use and covers all areas that are important in making this decision. The best part was how easily we could rule out certain places due to it not having what we wanted in a community.

Interesting facts

there are so many interesting facts in this book. i bought this book for my sister but it was so good i bought one for myself too.i really like to read this book all the time.

the Ultimate Resource!

This has got to be the ultimate resource for information on the United States. I've never been so engrossed by non-fiction book. . . I've learned so much already. I really feel informed and aware about our country now and this makes me feel happy and proud. I find myself turning to this book every day to answer a trivia question or settle a debate with a friend . . . it's as useful as a dicitonary. This one's staying on my coffee table for years!!

Fair and Balanced Resource for Evaluating Cities

A previous reviewer complained of a liberal slant to Cities Ranked & Rated. Faithfully playing the part of the "I haven't read it, but I'm gonna condemn this communist filth anyhow" conservative, the reviewer's complaints were based on reading a USA Today article and not the book itself. I bought a copy (of the book) and I'm just not seeing a lot of politics here. I am, however, seeing a lot of really useful information based on objective, statistical information (including the unfairly derided quality of life statistics compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau and other agencies). I looked at the authors bios and found a link to www.bestplaces.net, which includes an interactive questionaire that helps you pick your ideal city. It appears to be based on the same data sets as the book. I would recommend anyone who suspects political bias on the part of the authors to go to this site and find out where their personal preferences would actually take them. I was surprised by what it told me.

Amazing resource

This is the most interesting reference book I've ever read. I can't believe the depth and breadth of information included. Sports teams, details on activities and climate, detailed graphs for every U.S. city... every time i pick up this book I learn new factoids. I didn't even know this information exists. Wow.