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America’s worst cities to live in: Where you don’t want to move

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Detroit, showing its skyline from 2013, was once the fourth largest city by population and wealthiest by income per capita, 24.7wallst.com writes to underscore how far a once-proud city has fallen.
Detroit, showing its skyline from 2013, was once the fourth largest city by population and wealthiest by income per capita, 24.7wallst.com writes to underscore how far a once-proud city has fallen. Paul Sancya AP

The website 24/7wallst.com used a number of factors to determine America’s worst cities to live in.

Variables on deciding where to live included crime rates, employment growth, access to restaurants and attractions, educational attainment and housing affordability.

Some of the cities on the list may surprise you; many won’t. For a deeper dive, Texas had one city in the top 50 worst list.

Go to WFAA.com for the rankings of America’s worst cities.

This story was originally published June 25, 2017 at 11:38 AM with the headline "America’s worst cities to live in: Where you don’t want to move."

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