How Is Your Quality Of Life In Charlotte?
How would you rate your quality of life in Charlotte? When it comes to things like climate, cost of living, commute time, health care, buying power, safety, pollution and property price to income ratio, Charlotteans should be pretty happy.
Numbeo, the world’s largest database of user contributed data about living conditions in cities and countries, crunched the numbers and ranked Charlotte #3 in North America. We’re just ahead of Ottawa, Canada and just behind Madison, Wisconsin. It’s no surprise that we have a much higher climate score than either of those other cities.
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The data definitely favors North Carolina. Raleigh (above) has the overall highest quality of life in North America, according to the Numbeo index. And because I know you’re wondering, Detroit ranked dead last on the list with the lowest safety score and worst commute time.
Top 10 North American cities on Numbeo’s quality of life index:
1. Raleigh, NC
2. Madison, WI
3. Charlotte, NC
4. Ottawa, Canada
5. Columbus, OH
6. Victoria, Canada
7. Austin, TX
8. San Diego, CA
9. San Jose, CA
10. Quebec City, Canada
