Top 150 U.S. Cities To Live

[Ken and Ari Walker]

In a new report just published by U.S. News & World Report, several cities in California were among the top 150 best places to live in the U.S. in 2024/2025:  

Vallejo #143 

Santa Rosa #125 

San Francisco #22 

San Diego #46 

San Jose #70 

Santa Barbara #71 

Visalia #110 

Sacramento #116 

Bakersfield #121 

Los Angeles #130 

Fresno # 131 

Salinas #133 

Modesto #139 

Stockton #144 

The survey’s criteria included quality of life, job market, and value, with the quality-of-life index including crime rates, commuter time averages, availability of health care and quality of education. Unemployment rates and average salaries were analyzed for the job market index, and housing costs and rental costs were analyzed for the value index. 

As always, California has many beautiful cities to live in!  If you are looking to buy a new home, be it to relocate, downsize or move up, then now is the time.  Find an experienced Real Estate Agent and a Lender to pre-qualify you for a home purchase. And if some fast, alternative & flexible financing is needed, we’ll be happy to help with our Private Money loans.  

Best,   

Ken & Ari Walker - Your Direct Private Money Source   

Husband & Wife Team   

Phone: [phone] / Office: 1400 N. Dutton Ave #22 Santa Rosa, CA 95401  
Ken: CA DRE Broker #01858042 / NMLS #1221130  
Ari: CA DRE #01858152 / NMLS #2170867  

Bio: Ken & Ari are a husband & wife team with over 30 years of combined real estate and private money lending experience.   They like working with buyers & borrowers, as well as directly with other licensed individuals who have clients in need of fast & alternative financing, and who can benefit from Private Money mortgages. (Qualify for our financing despite DTI ratios, credit score, property condition, difficult to prove income, etc. on purchases and refinances for owner occupied & investment properties.)