CNN/Money today listed its Top 100 Best Places to Live. They rate these small cities according to criteria such as unemployment rate, outdoors activities, etc. The Portland Metro area doesn’t come into play until #64, where they list West Linn.
Here’s my question–isn’t it a bit misleading to rate a quality of life based on the unemployment rate? If a small city had a 50% unemployment rate, and people were still moving there, wouldn’t one assume that the quality of life must be extremely good, rather than extremely bad? After all, if the quality of life were poor, why would people move there?
