Government isn’t exactly the depiction of competence, wise judgment and fiscal prudence. No, government at any level is consumed with ineptness, financial mismanagement and seeking out problems to incorrectly solve.
WalletHub released a new study that looked at this year’s best and worst run cities in the United States. The financial social media outlet wanted to take a look at various municipal governments with city and state debt levels soaring 22.2 percent and in the middle of tax season.
According to WalletHub, “To identify the cities that are spending taxpayer dollars most efficiently, WalletHub tallied the scores of 65 of the most populated U.S. cities on three key expenditure categories, including education, police, and parks and recreation. We define the best-run cities overall as those which receive the highest returns on their public-spending investments.”
Here are the best run cities in the U.S.:
1. Lubbock, Texas
2. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
3. El Paso, Texas
4. Dallas, Texas
5. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
6. Corpus Christi, Texas
7. San Antonio, Texas
8. Garland, Texas
9. Houston, Texas
10. Fort Wayne, Indiana
Here are the worst run cities in the U.S.:
56. St. Paul, Minnesota
57. Santa Ana, California
58. Los Angeles, California
59. San Jose, California
60. Oakland, California
61. Kansas City, Missouri
62. New York, New York
63. Riverside, California
64. Long Beach, California
65. Fremont, California
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