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Check out our latest Study - Safest Places from Natural Disasters

Hurricane Sandy is a reminder that despite our best efforts to protect ourselves, nature can still bring terrible devastation.

Bert Sperling ranks all 379 metro areas for risk of natural disaster. Which are the safest, and the most dangerous?


Most Popular Places

Portland Orlando Clifton San_Diego Honolulu Houston
Charlotte Boston Salt_Lake_City Austin Chicago El_Paso
San_Antonio Phoenix Seattle Los_Angeles Boulder San_Jose
Denver Philadelphia Minneapolis New_York Atlanta Mesa

SperlingViews

Change
Georgetown has under gone a tremendous change since 1980. It was the ideal "small town USA". In the ...Post by:Pete
more about Georgetown, KY

Life in Clyman
Great people with low cost of living. A little ways out, but can be pretty much anywhere in Milwau...Post by:Steven
more about Clyman, WI

climate cave juntion
Thinking of moving to cave junction in 2014. Would anybody have any comments on the weather,it's sup...Post by:Dan
more about Cave Junction, OR

Need to move
I love New York. It's the city where I was born and raised and lived most of my life. And I'd be h...Post by:Leigh
more about New York, NY

Best Bang for the Buck -- Healthy Active Semi-Reti
We couldn't believe our furtune finding a large home on the beautiful Spring River and on a well-kep...Post by:Adele
more about Cherokee Village, AR


More Sperling's Features

Halloween is ‘Deadliest Day’ Of The Year For Child Pedestrian Fatalities
Kids have a greater chance of being fatally injured by a car on Halloween than any other day of the year, including the Fourth of July and New Year’s Day.

Best Baseball Cities
The most special month of the year for every baseball fan. The World Series determines the best baseball team, but did you ever wonder which place can lay claim to the best baseball city?

Stressful Cities 2012
Sperling’s ranks the 50 largest metro areas to find the ones with the most and least stress.

Most Popular Cities for the Holidays
Here are the 100 U.S. cities which show the largest increase in air traveler over the two winter holidays, Thanksgiving and Christmas/New Year (aka the Winter Holidays).

Best Places for Military Retirees
Here is an interesting study about the best places in the U.S. for military retirees to start a second career.

Most Secure Places to Live 2011
EIGHTH ANNUAL FARMERS INSURANCE STUDY RANKS THE MOST SECURE PLACES TO LIVE IN THE U.S. Pittsburgh rated country’s most secure large metropolitan area

See all our recent studies - We are responsible for more "Best Places" studies and projects than any other single organization.

Read more about us - concepts and methodology have been the basis of numerous studies since 1985.