Seattle tumbles in latest “Best Places” rankings

Seattle has fallen out of the Prime 20 within the newest rankings of U.S. Information and World Report’s Finest Locations to Reside.

By the numbers: Seattle now ranks thirty sixth on the publication’s finest locations to reside checklist for 2022–23.

• That is 17 spots decrease than the place we ranked final 12 months (nineteenth).
• The rankings cowl the 150 most populated metro areas nationwide.

Zoom out: Topping this 12 months’s checklist is Huntsville, Alabama, up from No. 3 final 12 months.

• Rounding out the Prime 5 are Colorado Springs, Colo. (sixth final 12 months); Inexperienced Bay, Wis. (21), Boulder, Colo. (1) and San Jose, Calif. (36).

The large image: As soon as a perennial favourite on such livability lists, Seattle’s shine has worn off among the many list-makers in recent times.

• Excessive housing prices are one issue of this 12 months’s decline, with Seattle climbing among the many ranks of most costly cities to reside in america.
• Other than housing affordability, knowledge a couple of metropolis’s high quality of life, desirability, job market and migration of latest residents issue into an general rating and rating.

Sure, however: Seattle’s drop within the rankings this 12 months wasn’t the steepest.

• Cities in Colorado and Florida plunged the farthest within the Prime 100, with Denver, Colo. falling from 14 to 55 and Ft. Meyers, Fla. plummeting from 57 to 100.
• Two different Northwest cities additionally took a dive, with Eugene, Ore. dropping 54 spots to 119, and Salem, Ore. falling 61 spots to No. 123.

Our thought bubble: If a slide down the checklist means slowing Seattle’s torrid stream of latest residents and hovering house costs in recent times, we’ll take it!