Beyond population counts, the magazine used several factors to determine the Top 10 urban clusters, including:
Education- Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education blue ribbon standard recognition for school districts, the districts' frequency in the department's Missouri Assessment Program, and how often a school was on a Missouri Assessment Program listing;
Crime - property and violent crimes weighted in relation to population, compiled through 2009 data from the Missouri Statistical Analysis Center;
Unemployment - ranked on a 10-point scale, with the unemployment rate subtracted from 10; and
amenities - bookstores, restaurants, public libraries, movie theaters, performing arts, trails, parks, religious denominations, recycling, green energy, sales tax, median household income and air quality.
Monday, February 28, 2011
We're number one: Missouri LIfe names Joplin top city in state
Springfield Business Journal is reporting that Missouri Life has named Joplin the top city in the state:
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This is ridiculous. If Joplin is the number one city in the state then I guess Anderson is number two?
It is a joke. Joplin is a craphole. Joplin schools are widely known throughout sw mo. as simply awful. Just walk in the mall and look at the joplin kids hanging out on the weekend. That's what joplin schools are producing.
Tee hee..Guess if you've lived here all your life, you don't think much of it. But the kids in the mall are angels compared to your typical city mall kids. Throw out a bunch of thug-life types, pants-on-the-ground, and loud "F "words shouted out...Then take another trip to the Joplin mall. Heh...Big difference.
I just moved here after living in several other states. Trust me, you guys are doing all right.
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