{"id":3588,"date":"2013-12-16T15:09:57","date_gmt":"2013-12-16T15:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/long-beach-ranked-in-top-10-best-cities-to-live-in-if-you-re-under-35\/"},"modified":"2013-12-16T15:09:57","modified_gmt":"2013-12-16T15:09:57","slug":"long-beach-ranked-in-top-10-best-cities-to-live-in-if-you-re-under-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/long-beach-ranked-in-top-10-best-cities-to-live-in-if-you-re-under-35","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach Ranked As Top 10 Best City to Live in if You’re Under 35"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"LongBeachTop35\"Infographic courtesy of <\/em>Vocativ.<\/em><\/p>\n

Tech-storytellers Vocativ<\/em> released its annual list of America’s most livable cities for those under the age of 35<\/a>, with Long Beach resting at a cool #8 on the list.<\/p>\n

2012 marked the year where over a third of Millenials\u2014the adults in the nation who are currently between 18- and 31-years-old\u2014lived with their parents, rising to some 21.6M. Pew Research suggests<\/a> that the spike is due to the remaining effects of massive recession that began in 2007, which left this group of people with declining employment opportunities.<\/p>\n

Given this, Vocativ<\/em> felt it was “high time to crunch the numbers and figure out where the hell you can actually live these days and still retain some self-respect.” Crunching the numbers of various amenities in the analysis of America’s 50 most populous cities, the list took into account everything from the average rent to the most wallet-friendly ounce of medical-grade marijuana.<\/p>\n

In which of these areas is Long Beach strongest? Biking, affordable weed and cheap pedi\/manis.<\/p>\n

That’s right: on the Green Commuter Index, Long Beach sits behind San Francisco and Austin as the top city for biking and walking (while the #1 city on the list, Portland, shockingly didn’t even make the top 10 in this category).<\/p>\n

On the choice of cheapest marijuana, Long Beach lost to San Francisco by 13 cents and Seattle by 19 cents for a grand total average of $239.75 per ounce of ganja (Portland scored top honors, smoking out the competition with a user-friendly $216.92 per ounce cost).<\/p>\n

Next time you’re out and about, check out the hands and feet of Long Beach because we sit at #2 in the nation for the average cheapest pedi\/mani at $24. Detroit (who didn’t make the list as a whole) holds the top spot at $18.<\/p>\n

Long Beach joined two other California cities, San Francisco (#2) and Fresno (#24) on the list. The top 10 included:<\/p>\n

1. Portland
2. Austin
3. San Francisco
4. Seattle
5. Minneapolis
6. Las Vegas
7. Atlanta
8. Long Beach
9. Denver
10. Phoenix<\/p>\n

For the complete list of all 35 cities, click here.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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