The annual WalletHub’s 2015 “Best & Worst Small Cities in America” found that all 20 of the worst small cities in America to live in are in California.
Each year WalletHub publishes a list of the best small cities in America by measuring cities with population size of between 25,000 and 100,000 residents according to a scoring system of between 0 and 100 rating four factors: “1) Affordability, 2) Economic Health, 3) Education & Health and 4) Quality of Life.”
In addition, WalletHub compiles “22 relevant metrics” on each city.
California seldom dominates a rating list for anything. But the not-so-Golden State managed to have the 22 lowest ranked towns of the 1,268 small cities in America. The bottom five are:
Lynwood, CA = ranked No. 1264 with a score 29;
Compton, CA = ranked 1265 with a score of 28.63;
Bell Gardens, CA = ranked is 1266 with a score of 27.76;
Huntington Park, CA = ranked No. 1267 with a score of 27.59; and
Bell, CA = ranked 1268 with a score of 26.78.
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