According to WRIC 8 News, USA Today has named three Southern cities in the top 10 as the best to move to.
USA Today’s list
Congratulations to Roanoke for coming in second, Lynchburg for coming in fourth, and Richmond for coming in tenth.
- Johnson City, Tennesee
- Roanoke, Virginia
- Greenville, South Carolina
- Lynchburg, Virginia
- Auburn, Alabama
- Albany, Georgia
- Hoover, Alabama
- Laredo, Texas
- Concord, North Carolina
- Richmond, Virginia
USA Today’s full list can be found here, whereas ten other Virginia cities ranked lower in the top 100.
How cities were selected
USA Today used several metrics to determine the best Southern cities to move to.
- houses and rent prices
- crime rates
- unemployment
- number of severe weather events
The data
The data came from the U.S. Census American Community Survey, Zillow, the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.