San Francisco Ranks Lowest and Las Vegas 65th on Optimal City Management Ranking
Get this: Vegas, known as the casino capital of the United States, came in at spot 65 on WalletHub's recently publicized list of the most and least well-managed American cities.
Now, this spot is decent, but let's give Las Vegas some kudos. In terms of population, the Vegas metropolitan area ranks 29th nationwide, and only a select few cities bigger than Vegas placed higher up on WalletHub's list. They're talking about places like Phoenix, part of the Tampa Bay area, and San Diego.
Interestingly, WalletHub considered two main categories – quality of city services and per capita budget – for these rankings. When it comes to city efficiency, Vegas came in at 37th for quality of services and 87th for budget. So, these categories show how well city officials deal with public funds by seeing how good the services are compared to the city's total spending.
You know what's interesting? Western cities dominated the top 10 spots, with six of them. Nampa, Idaho, was on the very top.
No Correlation with Casinos
So, you people think that Vegas's status as casino hub affects how well-run the city is? Guess again!
Take the Louisiana capital Baton Rouge, which is home to several casinos, but it landed at 18th on the list. Conversely, St. Petersburg, which is near the largest casino venue in Florida, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, ranked 38th.
Now, Vegas is no match for Vegas in casino presence, but Reno, another casino hub, placed at 53rd. While Boston, the home base for Wynn Resorts' Encore Boston Harbor, landed a spot ahead of Vegas. But remember, there's only one casino hotel in that city.
Furthermore, various Midwest and Southern cities housing or near gaming venues placed lower than Vegas in the list. This shows that casinos aren't the key factor in how well-run a city is. Vegas was 66 spots ahead of Salt Lake City, the state's capital and a strong opponent of gambling.
High and Mighty Vegas
Vegas's WalletHub rating isn't amazing, but it's not the worst, either. And get this – it got a much better score than a bunch of big name cities. Include heavy-hitters like Los Angeles (128), Baltimore (132), Philadelphia (134th), Chicago (138), Detroit (140), and Gulfport, Mississippi (144).
Just imagine, only Chicago, which will soon have a Bally's temporary casino and later a permanent one, doesn't have a traditional casino venue.
But what about New York? The biggest US city and an aspiring casino city? It finished at 147th. San Francisco took the crown (or should we say, the crown of unruliness?) as America's worst-run city.
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Source: www.casino.org
