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Title: Places Rated Almanac (Special Millennium Edition) by David Savageau, Ralph B. D'Agostino ISBN: 0-02-863447-0 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (30 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: What about Diversity?
Comment: I brought this up in a letter I wrote to the authors a few years ago (pre-internet), and never got an answer. I moved over a year ago, and when I'm picking a new city or neighborhood, I look at the kinds of things most people do, such as what the weather's like, will I be able to do what I want to do for a living in this city, how bad is the traffic, will I be taxed to death, what is the quality of health care, what kind of cultural activities, how likely is it that I'll be mugged, etc. And I like the fact that this book makes that information available in an easy-to-read format for over 300 cities or so.
But I look for other things, as well; namely, are there people there like me? Are there people there who have the same faith as me? Will I be able to find a church home there? Are there people there who share my cultural or ethnic background? If so, what percentage of the population are they? Would a Jewish person, gay person, Asian person, whatever person, feel comfortable in this city? Are minorities well represented in city government? How diverse are the schools?
Some people want to actively find cities, and neighborhoods, with a diverse population so that their children are exposed to a variety of cultures and lifestyles. I personally wish that the Places Rated Almanac had addressed that issue when they put their book together. When I asked why this was so of the authors several years ago I got no reply. Sadly, with the new "electronic" edition of this book, it doesn't look as if things have changed much.
To make a good fit, you need all the pieces of the puzzle. This book leaves out a couple of major ones.
Rating: 4
Summary: fascinating with room for improvement
Comment: This is a great book. I thouroghly enoyed it and have taken into consideration a great portion of it's contents in my own relocation plans. I will say however that 2 things could/should be added by way of improvement. First, How about terrain/topography? Yes, they give a shallow treatment of the subject in conjunction with their climate chapter, but I found it extremely lacking. I live in a region of Texas where the terrain is, I think, boring and barren (which combined with the weather, creates, in my mind, a highly undesireable place to live) I want to know what a prospective place to live LOOKS LIKE. Also, how about pollution? Air, water etc.????? As another person mentioned in His/her review, this most certainly, absolutely, plays a key role in the decision making process. Still, notwithstanding, loved the book.
Rating: 4
Summary: The best book of its kind.
Comment: It's tough to read a book of someone's opinions on where to live as its really a heartfelt decision each person needs to make for themselves. But most of this book is straight statistics, such as weather and crime. The book is big and leaves enough room for each metro area so you can read the climate graphs without too much eyestrain. It's the best book on deciding where to move that I found. I took tons of notes from this book, and it actually helped me pick an entirely new place to live than the ones I had originally thought of! The only section I didn't like was the arts and culture section. I'm into the artsy scene, but the authors rated cities based on number of symphonies and orchestras and operas - who goes to these anymore??
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Title: 50 Fabulous Places to Raise Your Family: Lee & Saralee Rosenberg's by Melissa Giovagnoli, Lee Rosenberg, Saralee H. Rosenberg ISBN: 1564142612 Publisher: Career Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 1997 List Price(USD): $18.99 |
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Title: The Great Towns of America: A Guide to the 100 Best Getaways for a Vacation or Lifetime by David Vokac ISBN: 0930743067 Publisher: West Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Retirement Places Rated by David Savageau, David Savageau ISBN: 0028620844 Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: 03 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Cities Ranked and Rated: More than 400 Metropolitan Areas Evaluated in the U.S. and Canada, 1st Edition by Bert Sperling, Peter Sander ISBN: 076452562X Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 30 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: America's 100 Best Places to Retire (all new third edition) by Elizabeth Armstrong ISBN: 0964421690 Publisher: Vacation Publications Pub. Date: 06 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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