Philly makes a best-of list: It's about time
Real Simple magazine ranks cities by efficiency. Philly comes in 12th.
Philly makes a best-of list: It's about time
Michael Klein, Philly.com
Which are the best cities for time-saving?
Real Simple magazine spent more than a few hours and brain cells in a quest to determine this, analyzing such categories as takeout on every corner, average commute, walkability, traffic congestion, airport on-time performance, physicians per capita, response times of emergency medical services, broadband and wireless availability, bookstores and libraries per capita, recycling access, number of farmers’ markets, number of personal trainers and organizers, restaurants offering takeout per capita, miscellaneous time-saving services, etc.
Philly came in 12th of the 21 cities rated -- ahead of New York and behind Baltimore. The magazine noted of Philly: "Very walkable and notably uncongested, Philly is also the largest East Coast city to offer weekly single-stream recycling, with a pilot program called Recycling Rewards that offers points redeemable at local and national businesses."
Ranking: Seattle, Portland, Ore., San Francisco, Boston, Minneapolis, Denver, Washington, D.C., Pittsburgh, Miami, Atlanta, Baltimore, Philly, New York, Chicago, Austin, Texas, (tie) Cleveland/Dallas/L.A., San Diego, Houston, and Phoenix.
I don't need a poll to tell me that my city is awesome.— DrexelDragonFan- I'd like to see where Real Simple magazine ranks as a news source. Ya know, since we've all heard of that publication before today.— 19124
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That's a great comment, DrexelDragonFan. I agree with you. Philly's got its problems -- potholes, murders, etc. -- but on balance, it's a great place to live, work and play. I live in the suburbs, but I spend a lot of time in town with my city-dwelling, city-working daughter, and it's usually lots of fun and certainly never boring.- It is great to see a magazine respect our REAL livable city features (like our ability to walk to corner stores and parks), and not just spit out weather and crime statistics without context, which too often lets characterless suburban blobs like Columbus OH occasionally top these lists. We know we have problems, but all cities have problems, and nobody does the good stuff like Philly does!— FMT
- 19124, your argument is idiotic. Forbes is certainly ranked as a news source, and the continually release hair-brained, moronic, downright silly lists every month. Criteria is the only judge.— Capsulef
- I like the pro Philly comments...something other than negativity...— JimCC
I'm VERY happy to see pro philly comments. yes, our city could be better, but it could also be detroit. i'm a glass half full kind of guy.- I agree completely JimCC. It's nice that there are others who feel positive about the City the way I do, and I guess you do. With the parks, decent transit (or at least dense transit), great and growing trails along the river....this place is has gotten considerably better since my high school days (96-00), when I first started exploring outside my NE Philly home.— traggatmot
The glass is half full and getting half fuller every minute! I was out yesterday and it was downright enchanting in center city. Give me more and more please!- Real cities have the great and the crazy. It's what makes them vibrant, frustrating, exciting, astonishing, and beautiful places to live. "Real America" as defined by morons that want everyone to do and think the same couldn't possibly be more dull. I'm proud to be a transplant to Philadelphia and wouldn't want it any other way...— ajhollingworth
- So Philly made a best of list in a simply simple mag - like it really counts for anything, when, rightly, so we make the worst of or near the bottom in all the travel polls, liveability polls, cost of living polls, crime rate, educational level, transit.......as I always say, welcome to America's third world city, where if you don't get murdered, if EMS shows up if you get sick (avg 45 min wait, if the uneducated (9th grade reading level) cops show up if you need them, and you don't get taxed to death on the filthy streets with the low rent mindset...... face it folks, if you're an intelligent, educated person, and you've ever lived anywhere else thats a real city (Chicage, Boston, etc) you'll know this city sucks— intelliwoman
- Capsulef, that is one of the dumbest things anyone has ever posted. First, you think criterea is the only "judge"? What does that even mean? And, second, is that to say that you don't care about how the data was collected or analyzed? You don't care whether Phila or one of the other winners sponsored the study? How do you know they even ran a study? All you have in life or business is your reputation. Forbes has a good one. I have a good one. You even have one. Unfortunately, it's based on your stupid post, but whatever. Real Simple has none (which was, as you know, my point). Please stay out of this.— 19124
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- 19124, you are proving yourself to be even a greater moron. America's Most Miserable Cities, America's Worst Winter Weather Cities America's Most Stressful Cities, America's Best Cities for Singles America's Most Entertaining Cities Best and Worst Cities for Commuters America's Most Polluted Cities, Best Bang for the Buck Cities America's Most Toxic Cities, America's Most Unequal Cities World's Smartest Cities, World's Most Beautiful Cities. The only thing Forbes continues to do is make lists, because they are about inept as you in writing anything meaningful. These lists are all moronic, which is proved by there subject matter and intangibles. Yes, criteria is the most important, "we think these girls are more beautiful" is not reliable criteria. I would expect someone as corn-fed as you to rely on a supposed reputation.— Capsulef
