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Why Does Pasadena Always Gets Ranked as One of the Best Places to Live in the U.S.?

Published on Sunday, May 22, 2016 | 3:07 pm
 

From No. 29 on Niche.com’s ranking last year among the best cities for millennials, to No. 10 on RentLingo’s just-released ranking list as one of the most charming small city in the U.S. Pasadena seems like it’s always near the top of somebody’s list of favorites.

Which is amazing, when you stop to consider there are over 30,000 towns and cities in the United States.

On RentLingo, a neighborhood and apartment review website, Old Town Pasadena just placed 10th in the list of the most charming small cities in the U.S.

The site ranked cities with populations between 75,000 and 200,000 and then compared them using its own Charm Index which measured each city’s charm by combining the residents’ lifestyle, the presence of local institutions and amenities like universities, parks, restaurants and museums, its affordability, the crime rate and how local are the businesses.

The Charm Index also measured what kind of emphasis the neighborhood puts on health and environmentally friendly modes of transportation.

Old Town Pasadena was mostly recognized for its abundance of local cafes and boutiques, its focus on local art in the form of art galleries and theatres – all with high resident ratings.

“There are some franchise businesses within the area such as Anthropology and Pottery Barn that do not add charm, but do little to detract from Old Town’s impressively charming character,” RentLingo said.

Food, drink and travel website Thrillist.com also ranked Pasadena’s Bungalow Heaven as No. 3 in the list of The 10 Most Beautiful Neighborhoods in America.

“In case the name wasn’t a dead giveaway, this 16-block Pasadena neighborhood contains approximately 800 bungalows and exemplifies the early 20th century’s Arts & Crafts architectural movement,” the site says. “This style reverberates not only in the area’s grand, timeless houses, but in the unified, verdant atmosphere of the neighborhood itself, with shade blanketing its streets thanks to the trees that line them, and immaculately manicured lawns throughout.”

Bungalow Heaven followed Boston’s Beacon Hill and New York’s Central Park West Historic District in the top 10 list.

In December, Niche.com ranked Pasadena as No. 29 in its list of the best cities for millennials which consisted of 100 cities. In the Things to Do Grade, which carried the highest percentage of 20 percent among the criteria, Pasadena was ranked No. 9.

 

 

 

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