The Community Rating Game

Rating communities is highly subjective even with objectively measured criteria. Often such surveys ignore distinctive neighborhoods that have a sense of identity.

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June 29, 2005, 8:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

For many years, Cleveland Magazine has written an annual article entitled "rating the suburbs." The methodology guarantees that the big winners are the wealthy, outer ring and exurban areas of Greater Cleveland. Another publication has taken up the challenge of creating a methodology to counter the criticism that Cleveland Magazine's "good" communities are "those that exist because lots of people have removed themselves from the challenges inherent in population density and diversity."

Thanks to Richard Sicha

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Community / Economic Development Ohio

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