Washington, D.C. ranked in the bottom five in several major categories, including the amount of outstanding debt per capita and high school graduation rate. The outstanding debt per capita in the city is more than 36 times higher than it is in the nation’s best-run city at $22,178.
San Francisco, New York, Chattanooga and Cleveland carried the remaining four spots on the list of America’s five worst-run cities.
Experts interviewed by Wallet Hub identified the most important issues they believe cities are currently facing, including rising crime.
“The crime wave is clearly an important issue in many cities. The ability of city governments to provide adequate services to residents is an important issue due to declining revenues. This can be alleviated by state/federal assistance, but that is only a short-term solution,” said Gary L. Rose, a government professor at Sacred Heart University.
“Underfunded pension obligations continue to be an important issue in many cities. The strained relationship between police and persons of color within the cities is an important issue,” Rose said.
Baltimore, Birmingham, St. Louis, Detroit and Memphis have the highest rate of violent crime, according to the analysis.
Nyheter som dette vil nok brukes av republikanerne for alt det er verdt framover. Og det er jo ganske enkelt sånn at de fleste større byer styres av demokrater, så da er også de fleste byer som er verst styrt av demokrater. For på mange måter er demokratene partiet for byer, og republikanerne partiet for distriktene i USA (ikke 100%, men stort sett).