它家的排名基於：Quality of Life Index – 32%，Value Index – 27%，

• Crime Rates (25%): We measured each city’s murder, violent crime and property crime rates per 100,000 people, as determined by the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports.
• Quality of Education (19%): Using data from the U.S. News Best High Schoolsrankings, we determined the availability of a quality education by calculating the average college readiness score of all public schools in each city and comparing it with that of all the other ranked cities.
• Well-Being (19%): We used the composite score from Sharecare’s Community Well-Being Index (which analyzes resident satisfaction in the following areas: purpose, social, financial, community and physical) as a representation of whether residents of each city are generally happy with their day-to-day lives.
• Commuter Index (16%): The Commuter Index used the U.S. Census Bureau's calculation of average commute time, which is a composite of the time spent traveling door to door, whether by foot, public transit, car or bicycle.
• Quality and Availability of Health Care (9%): Using data from the U.S. News Best Hospitals rankings, we measured the availability of quality health care by determining the quantity of ranked facilities within city limits and within 5 and 10 mile bands from the city center.
• Air Quality Index (AQI) (7%): We utilized the most recent monthly average air quality index from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Risk Index (5%): We used FEMA’s National Risk Index to determine a city’s risk to natural hazards (18 hazard types) and community risk factors, including social vulnerability and community resilience.
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