Many ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ans love living in the Old Pueblo, but a new study says that ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ is one of the country's worst cities when it comes to quality of life.
While quality of life can be difficult to measure, personal finance website 24/7 Wall St. has taken on the challenge, creating an index that measures U.S. cities in eight key categories: Crime, economy, education, environment, health, housing, infrastructure and leisure, according to an article by USA Today.
The study identified the 50 worst cities for quality of life, with ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ coming in at number 31.
"ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ is the second most populous city in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ and the only city in the state to rank among the worst U.S. cities to live in," the article says. "The typical ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ household earns $40,021 a year, only about three-quarters of the median annual household income in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥."
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With poverty rate of nearly 24 percent, ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ comes in way above the national average of 14 percent and ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥'s poverty rate of 16.4 percent, according to the article.
"Crime is also relatively common in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥," the article says. "There were 799 violent crimes and 5,891 property crimes in the city in 2016 per 100,000 people, more than double the comparable crime rates on a national scale."
Check out the article and see what other cities made the list.
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