Business Week has ranked Idaho Falls number 13 among the best places to raise your kids.
Cities were ranked based on school performance, number of schools, household expenditures, crime rates, air quality, job growth, family income, museums, parks, theaters, other amenities, and diversity, with affordability, safety, and school test scores given the greatest weight.
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/11/1117_best_places_to_raise_kids/13.htm
This is a great credit to our city leaders, businesses, and our community for making this a great place to raise children. Kudos to you, Idaho Falls!
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I’ve lived here most of my life, and I can’t think of any place better to bring up children. We don’t have near the problems of alcohol and drugs that other places deal with. That may or may not be because of the local religious influences, but it’s nice to not have to worry about that as much.
This is great recognition. Any of us who have lived here more than a few years can’t help but acknowledge that it’s a great place for raising kids. I often marvel at the constant stream of events that the community offers, from arts festivals to athletic programs, science camps and more. And very little of it is cost-prohibitive. Way to go I.F.! My only complaint is that we are not actually HIGHER on the list…
IF isn’t 13th in the nation. Every State had a city represented. We are just 13th in the slide show. The slideshow is not ranked from top to bottom. This is driven by a real estate marketing firm. Sad that some, including our City elected officials grab such marketing stuff and proclaim the results like they are scientific certainty. There are better and worse places for kids. I have lived all over the US and raised kids in several areas including this one. I am glad my Grand kids are being raised elsewhere, which “may or may not be because of the local religious influences”. Oh, since local news media and the City do NOT publish crime stats (like Poky does) I recommend everyone get a scanner and listen to what our wonderful dedicated police force deal with every night and then decide if we have a drug or alcohol issue.
Alan: Good catch on that. I think you’re right about the ranking. It looks like Businessweek actually focused on cities state-by-state. It’s still good recogntion, I suppose, albeit a little misleading in their presentation.
Idaho Falls gets ranked on these ‘best city to take a dump’-style lists every few months.
The rankings are always published by magazines, intended to increase copy sales in those ranked cities by yokels who get excited that they were ranked at all.
Try to find one person who moved to a city because it was ranked on one of these lists. These lists are meaningless.
Ah, so what in the end? Those of us who like raising families here know what it’s all about. Maybe it’s a sense of affirmation to our choice, even unconsciously.
The building the the picture does look like one in Old Town Pocatello. Have to look closer next time I drive by.