This Florida city was just named best place to live in the U.S. Miami isn’t even close

A coastal Florida city was just named the best place to live in the United States — but it’s not Miami.

Scholaroo, a nonprofit educational research company and scholarship website engine, has released its list of the best U.S. cities to live in in 2023, and Naples, Florida was No. 1.

The study analyzed 151 American cities and rated nine main indicators of happiness and satisfaction: crime and safety; affordability; economy; quality of life; health care; education; employment; leisure and entertainment; and infrastructure.

Naples ranked at the top for health care, with the highest number of hospitals, and the highest number of public schools. It ranked in the top two cities in terms of bridge safety, but also had the single highest median home value of the cities the study examined. It’s a nice enough place to live — if you have the money.

Meanwhile, Miami ranked a dismal 124 out of 151 cities, despite the fact that just last year Time magazine called it one of the best cities in the world and last month Forbes reported it was among the best places to live in the country. Those publications were apparently talking about some other Miami. As far as Scholaroo is concerned, this Miami ranks second worst in terms of education, and it also scored poorly in affordability and economy.

Other Florida cities that were ranked include Tampa (14), Melbourne (21), Pensacola (33) and Fort Myers (38). The only other Florida city in the top 50 was Jacksonville at No. 46.

Here are the best and worst city rankings from Scholaroo:

Best cities to live in

1. Naples, Florida

2. Carmel, Indiana

3. Naperville, Illinois

4. Amherst, New Hampshire

5. Portland, Maine

6. Alpharetta, Georgia

7. Madison, Mississippi

8. Papillion, Nebraska

9. Leawood, Kansas

10. Cambridge, Massachusetts

Worst 10 cities to live in

142. Baton Rouge, Louisiana

143. Detroit, Michigan

144. Poughkeepsie, New York

145. New York, New York

146. Modesto, California

147. Oxnard, California

148. Memphis, Tennessee

149. Los Angeles, California

150. San Jose, California

151. San Francisco, California