Austin falls in ranking of best places to live

[Javaman]

https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/austin-falls-in-ranking-of-best-places-to-live/

AUSTIN (KXAN) – The City of Austin found itself in the unusual spot of being outside of the top ten in a national ranking this week.

The U.S. News and World Report 2023-24 survey of Best Places To Live ranks Austin as No. 40 in the nation.

The survey ranked Austin No. 13 in 2022, no. 5 in 2021, no. 3 in 2020.

According to Austin Business Journal, U.S. News ranked Austin No. 1 in the nation 2017, 2018 and 2019 and No. 2 in the nation in 2016.

The good news for Austin is that the city still ranked No. 1 in terms of cities in Texas.

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Although U.S. News did not say why Austin was ranked so low in the 2023 survey, in 2021 it said a rising cost of living was a factor in why Austin fell to no. 5 in that’s year survey.

(there is a listing at the link of the ratings for the best cities nationally and in Texas)

it's a short article and I posed the last line. what gets me is "U.S. News did not say why Austin was ranked so low"; anyone who lives here in Austin knows why.

[Karadeniz]

1. Not surprised. Awful traffic, highest property taxes in the state. Too many people, business. I

wouldn't move there now.

[Javaman]

2. I'm trying to move out.

trying to convince my job to allow me to move out of state

[Karadeniz]

6. Good luck!!!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. My middle child lives in Austin

It is way too expensive to buy a house in Austin even for two professionals

[Paladin]

4. Fully deserved.

I don't think Austin is even entitled to that No. 1 in Texas ranking. Not anymore.

[Shell_Seas]

5. Really?

Hm.