Tampa Among Best U.S. Cities For Drivers In 2021
Surprised? Perhaps you won’t be once you see this list. If you live anywhere near the Tampa area, you’re probably saying that there’s something wrong with this. No, the number-crunchers…
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Photo by Scott Olson/Getty ImagesSurprised? Perhaps you won't be once you see this list.
If you live anywhere near the Tampa area, you're probably saying that there's something wrong with this. No, the number-crunchers at Wallethub.com aren't going crazy. This is just what the numbers came to show.
The party animals at Wallethub broke down these four categories in which to rank the cities.
- Cost of Ownership & Maintenance
- Traffic & Infrastructure
- Safety
- Access to Vehicles & Maintenance
Then, they took each category and broke it down even further to complete their scoring system. For example, the category of 'Cost of Ownership & Maintenance' includes details such as the cost of a new car, average gas prices, maintenance costs and average insurance premium. You can click here to visit Wallerhub.com and find the full methodology, but we won't bore you with it here.
Here are the results they found that makes Tampa one of the best cities in the U.S. in which to drive for 2021.
The WORST cities to drive in turned out to be: New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; San Francisco, CA; Detroit, MI; and the worst city to drive in, Oakland, CA.
How did Florida cities rank? Tampa was ranked #9 overall out of 100 U.S. cities. Here's the full top 10:
10: Austin, Texas
Their motto is 'Keep Austin Weird,' but their streets made it into the top 10.
(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
9: Tampa, Florida
Yes, you're thinking about how bad traffic is in Tampa, but the rankings looked further than that. Tampa ranked #3 in Access to "Vehicles & Maintenance."
(Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)
8: Scottsdale, Arizona
Scottsdale ranked #4 in "Traffic & Infrastructure."
https://twitter.com/scottsdaleazgov/status/1433494185525448709
7: Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville ranked #2 in "Cost of Ownership & Maintenance."
https://twitter.com/CityofJax/status/1429771275057213443
6: Boise, Idaho
Boise ranked #9 in "Safety."
https://twitter.com/CityOfBoise/status/1399780064800083968
5: Corpus Christi, Texas
Corpus Christi ranked #5 in "Traffic & Infrastructure."
https://twitter.com/VisitCCTexas/status/1433874630280949764
4: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Winston-Salem ranked #3 in "Cost of Ownership & Maintenance."
(Photo by Sara D. Davis/Getty Images for NASCAR)
3: Greensboro, North Carolina
#1 in "Cost of Ownership & Maintenance"
https://twitter.com/CMorganWX/status/1388657388560044033
2: Lincoln, Nebraska
#6 in "Cost of Ownership & Maintenance" and #12 in "Safety."
https://twitter.com/NebraskaCapital/status/1416483614041198603
1: Raleigh, North Carolina
#4 in "Cost of Ownership & Maintenance" and #6 in "Safety"
https://twitter.com/DowntownRaleigh/status/1428047355874582533
