Grand Rapids MI Debuts at Number 2: Farmers Insurance Most Secure Big Cities
Farmers Insurance Study Ranks Grand Rapids MI Second Most Secure Large City in US
Full article at ClaimsJournal.com
excerpt:
“In this year’s large city category of the ‘Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S.’ study, Farmers Insurance Group has rated Bethesda, Md., Grand Rapids, Mich., and Pittsburgh, Pa., as the most secure large metropolitan areas (population of 500,000 or greater).
“Farmers annually ranks hundreds of U.S. communities based on safety and security. The study of large metropolitan areas, compiled by researchers at Sperling’s BestPlaces, took into consideration a number of criteria, including economic stability, crime statistics, extreme weather, risk of natural disasters, housing depreciation, foreclosures, air quality, environmental hazards, life expectancy, motor vehicle fatalities, and employment numbers.
“Grand Rapids made the Farmers Insurance top 20 for the first time, while this is the sixth consecutive year that Pittsburgh has appeared in the annual Farmers rankings.”
Large Metro Areas (500,000 or more residents)
| 1. | Bethesda–Gaithersburg–Frederick, Md. |
| 2. | Grand Rapids–Wyoming, Mich. |
| 3. | Pittsburgh, Pa. |
| 4. | Austin–Round Rock, Texas |
| 5. | Cambridge–Newton–Framingham, Mass. |
| 6. | Omaha, Neb.–Council Bluffs, Iowa |
| 7. | San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara, Calif. |
| 8. | San Francisco–San Mateo–Redwood City, Calif. |
| 9. | Portland–Beaverton, Ore.–Vancouver, Wash. |
| 10. | Dallas–Plano–Irving, Texas |
| 11. | Boise City–Nampa, Idaho |
| 12. | Madison, Wis. |
| 13. | Minneapolis–St. Paul–Bloomington, Minn. |
| 14. | Raleigh–Cary, N.C. |
| 15. | Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine |
| 16. | Essex County, Mass. |
| 17. | El Paso, Texas |
| 18. | Honolulu, Hawaii |
| 19. | Santa Ana–Anaheim–Irvine, Calif. |
| 20. | Des Moines–West Des Moines, Iowa |