St. Louis Rankings
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In addition to having a strong business environment, St. Louis is a pleasant place to live, offering friendly neighborhoods, affordable cost of living, and a vast range of things to do. Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine ranked St. Louis as one of the smartest place to live on its 2006 list of "50 Smart Places to Live". Find out a few reasons why St. Louis has been recently noticed for its exceptional quality of life: Best Place to Live - Forbes magazine ranked St. Louis No. 4 on its "Most Affordable Places To Live Well" list, which rated cities according to housing affordability, cost of living, quality of life, and best arts & leisure offerings.
- Expansion Management magazine named the St. Louis MSA as a Four-Star Quality of Life Metro in 2007.
- O'Fallon, Mo., ranked No. 39 on Money magazine's 2006 list of "100 Best Places to Live."
- A 2006 Expansion Management survey ranked St. Louis No. 3 for "Overall Quality of Life" for Metro communities with military populations between 10,000 to 19,999.
- St. Louis ranked as the No. 2 retail buyer market to watch in a study by commercial real estate advisory firm Sperry Van Ness in 2005.
- St. Louis ranked as the 18th smartest place to live on Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine's first list of "50 Smart Places to Live" in 2006 based on criteria of median home price, cost of living, economic vitality, education, health care, local arts scene, and recreational facilities.
- Forbes magazine ranked the culture in St. Louis No. 9 of 40 in a 2007 survey of "Best Cities for Singles."
Best City for Young Professionals - Forbes magazine named St. Louis the 14th "Best City For Young Professionals" in the June 2007 issue based on the high share of best big businesses and small businesses that call St. Louis home, the number of graduate students attracted to the region, the never-married population and the salary to cost of living ratio.
Best City for Relocating Families - St. Louis ranked No. 9 among large metro areas in the U.S. 2007 Best Cities for Relocating Families ranking by Worldwide ERC and Primacy Relocation. The study was based on factors such as cost of living, crime rates, education, climate, arts and culture, diversity, and number of physicians per capita.
Most Affordable Top Sites and Attractions - The Delmar Loop in University City and St. Louis was named among the 10 Great Streets in America for 2007 by the American Planning Association's Great Places in America program. APA Great Places exemplify exceptional character and highlight the role planners and planning play in creating communities of lasting value.
- The St. Louis Zoo, located in Forest Park, was ranked the No. 1 Midwest city zoo in July 2007, according to the Chicago Tribune. The rankings were based on animal collections, display and overal zoo-going experience.
- Art on the Square, a local art fair in Belleville, IL, was named the 5th best art fair in the nation out of 600 annual art fairs for 2006 by Art Fair Source Book.
- The St. Louis Art Fair in Clayton was ranked the No. 1 Fine Art Show in the Country in 2006 by Harris List.
- Family Fun magazine named St. Louis the "Top Midwest City for Visitors."
- The St. Louis City Museum in 2005 was named one of the "World's 10 Best Public Spaces" by the New York-based Project for Public Spaces.
Safest Food - St. Louis ranked as the 2nd safest city from foodborne diseases out of 101 metro areas with an A+ grade by Men's Health magazine in February 2008. The study looked at the number of outbreaks of foodborne illnesses per capita, deaths caused by foodborne diseases, and states which have adopted the FDA's most current Food Code, which contains the most up-to-date rules for keeping restuarant kitchens clean.
Real Estate Investment - HomeVestors of America Inc. ranked St. Louis fourth among the top 10 markets for real estate investing for 2006.
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