Determining the 10 best cities in the United States to “Ride Out The Gas Crunch” was not, stressed Bobkiewicz, “scientific by any stretch of the imagination, but they said they found that Santa Paula has a high number - 29 percent - of people who carpool to work.” As Bobkiewicz wrote on the city Blog, “I’m not sure where that statistic came from, but interesting to be listed nonetheless. Only four cities from California in top 100 (Irvine, Fountain Valley, Roseville and Sunnyvale), so some mention for Santa Paula is pretty great.”The Money Magazine website also compares Santa Paula in several statistical areas against the average of their entire “Best Places” list. The list covers everything from population to median family income, family purchasing power, sales tax rate, income tax rate, auto insurance premiums, job growth, and median homes prices to average property taxes. Also listed is city proximity to colleges, universities and professional schools, air quality index, and nearby recreational facilities.An interesting note is that when compared to the number of personal crime incidents per 1,000 people, Santa Paula has three compared to the two in the 10 Best Cities. Incidents of property crimes are lower - 23 per 1,000 residents versus 25 per 1,000 residents - in Santa Paula.Only cities with populations between 50,000 and 300,000 were eligible for this year’s Money Magazine’s “Best Places to Live” list. The full listing can be found on the magazine’s website: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2008/snapshots/PL0670042.html
SP makes Princeton Review and Money Magazine lists
August 15, 2008
Santa Paula News
Santa Paula has made two notable lists in as many weeks, landing on diverse records released by the Princeton Review and Money Magazine.
By Peggy KellySanta Paula TimesSanta Paula has made two notable lists in as many weeks, landing on diverse records released by the Princeton Review and Money Magazine.Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula made Princeton Review’s list for “Stone-cold Sober Schools,” ranking 9th on the list of 20. The survey of “stone-cold sober schools” involved 120,000 college students. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah ranked number 1, and Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, was number 20.Money Magazine came out with their annual rankings of best places to live in the United States, but this year they added a list of the ten best cities to “Ride Out The Gas Crunch.” Sure enough, Santa Paula is on the list, a fact that somewhat puzzles City Manager Wally Bobkiewicz, who had spoken to a Money Magazine reporter.
