Unsurprisingly, they found a strong correlation between education and wealth:
Wealthy cities tended to have at least one well - respected research university, along with a higher percentage of residents with bachelor's and graduate degrees.
Not exact matches
What the top ranked
cities had in common was being situated in relatively
wealthy countries with good health and education systems, good quality infrastructure and they
tended to be medium - sized, and had low population densities.
The
cities share a number of similarities: they're all very safe, they
tend to be
wealthier, and they're in a sweet spot when it comes to nice weather.
While New York, Washington, Boston, San Francisco and Chicago, among others, may appeal to aging suburbanites, smaller
cities and metropolitan areas are also marketing themselves as magnets for urban professionals ages 65 to 74, or «suppies,» many of whom are still working and who
tend to be healthier and
wealthier than other older people.
If you are thinking that the price difference is because white neighborhoods in big
cities tend to be
wealthier than black neighborhoods in big
cities, think again.