Where Are The Safest Places To Live In The United States

B eing in a safe community        towns (fewer than 150,000          is one of the most              residents).                        important factors that                                             buyers consider when purchasing a     According to the survey, the most  home, condo or any other type of      secure community to live in the    real estate. So where are             U.S. among large metropolitan      America’s most secure places to       areas are the adjacent             live? The Farmers Insurance Group     communities of Boise City and      of Companies has released its         Nampa (both in Idaho), which       third annual ranking of top 20        topped all large metro areas.      ‘Most Secure U.S. Places to           Located among the foothills of     Live’.                                the Rocky Mountains, the area has                                        one of the lowest unemployment     Bert Sperling, a database expert      rates and enjoys a wonderful       with http://bestplaces.net,           climate.                           compiled the Farmers rankings                                            based on data from 379 U.S.           Among the Mid-size cities, those   municipalities. Factors such as       with a population between 150,000  crime statistics, unemployment        and 500,000, the safest community  rates and risks of environmental      to live is Las Cruces, New         hazards, terrorism threats,           Mexico. Las Cruces was the first   natural disasters and extreme         among mid-size cities in low       weather conditions, were taken        unemployment rate and favorable    into consideration.                   climate categories.                                                                                         The communities were divided into     St. George in Utah topped all      three groups – large metropolitan     small cities with populations of   areas (above 500,000 residents),      150,000 or fewer in the survey.    mid-size cities (between 150,000      The city has 110,515 residents     and 500,000 residents), and small     who enjoy a mild climate, clean    air and low annual precipitation.     8.                                 It also has the lowest crime          Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick,   rates of all the 379 communities      Maryland                           surveyed. St. George stands first     9. Syracuse, New York              in employment rate among the 138      10. Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine,      small towns in the Farmers study.     California                                                               11. El Paso, Texas                 The following are top 20              12. Albany-Troy-Schenectady, New   communities of America’s most         York                               secure places to live among large     13. Rochester, New York            metropolitan areas, mid-size          14. Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New     cities and small towns:               York                                                                     15. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-          The top 20 safest communities to      Ventura, California                live among the large metro areas      16.                                are:                                  Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown,                                        New York                           1. Boise City-Nampa, Idaho            17. Nassau-Suffolk, New York       2. Portland-South                     18. Harrisburg-Carlisle,           Portland-Biddeford, Maine             Pennsylvania                       3. Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada         19. Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk,   4. Honolulu, Hawaii                   Connecticut.                       5.                                    20. New Haven-Milford,             Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville     Connecticut.                       , California                                                             6.                                    The top 20 safest places to live   Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazelton,       among mid-size cities are:         Pennsylvania                                                             7. San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos,     1. Las Cruces, New Mexico          California                            2. Rockingham County-Strafford     County, New Hampshire                 1. St. George, Utah                3. Huntington, West                   2. Bend, Oregon                    Virginia.-Ashland, Kentucky           3.                                 4. Bellingham, Washington             Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford  5. Burlington-South Burlington,       , Virginia                         Vermont                               4. Coeur d'Alene, Idaho            6. Lynchburg, Virginia                5. Ithaca, New York                7. Medford, Oregon                    6. Morgantown, West Virginia       8. Prescott, Arizona                  7. Logan, Utah                     9. San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles,       8. Winchester, Virginia            California                            9. Harrisonburg, Virginia          10. Binghamton, New York              10. Idaho Falls, Idaho             11. Provo-Orem, Utah                  11. Madera, California             12. St. Cloud, Minnesota              12. Glens Falls, New York          13. Fargo, North Dakota               13. Wenatchee, Washington          14. Hagerstown, Maryland              14. Bangor, Maine                  -Martinsburg, West Virginia           15. Lewiston-Auburn, Maine         15. Olympia, Washington               16. State College, Pennsylvania    16. Charlottesville, Virginia         17. Billings, Montana              17. Chico, California                 18. Cumberland, Maryland           18. Richland-Kennewick-Pasco,         19. Lewiston, Idaho                Washington                            20. Pocatello, Idaho               19. Manchester-Nashua, New                                               Hampshire                             If you are looking to settle down  20. Duluth, Minnesota                 in any of these great cities,                                            contact a good real estate agent   The top 20 safest communities to      who will help you purchase the     live among the small towns are:       home or condo of your choice.                                                                            About the Author: San Diego Homes Carmel Mountain Ranch Homes Carmel Valley Home Read more articles by: Real Estate Advisor Article Source: www.iSnare.com