Some Bay Area cities are among the safest places to live in the country while others in the region are among the riskiest, according to a new report. Do you feel safe living in the Bay Area? Why or why not?
Some Bay Area cities are among the safest places to live in the country while others in the region are among the riskiest, according to aWallethub assessed living in 182 big cities around the U.S. Fremont ranks the highest among California cities as the 17th safest city to live in the country. On the opposite side of the spectrum, Oakland ranks among the riskiest cities to live in the U.S.
Wallethub compared 182 cities, including 150 of the most populated cities in the country and looked at three key dimensions: home and community safety; natural disaster risk; and financial safety. Within those three dimensions, there were 42 metrics considered. It ranked Oakland as the eighth riskiest city in the country over all, including the second riskiest in home and community safety.
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