{"id":6431,"date":"2020-09-28T06:00:39","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T13:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.neighbor.com\/storage-blog\/?p=6431"},"modified":"2024-09-27T08:22:55","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T15:22:55","slug":"most-neighborly-cities-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neighbor.com\/storage-blog\/most-neighborly-cities-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranking: The 25 Most Neighborly Cities in America (2020)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

[For the most recent rankings, <\/i>see Neighbor’s 2024 rankings<\/a>]<\/i><\/p>\n

Everyone wants good neighbors.<\/p>\n

When you get along with the people around you and know you can count on them (and they can count on you), it creates a feeling of neighborhood solidarity, builds community, and keeps everyone safer. A recent Housing and Urban Development study<\/u><\/a> showed that while neighborhood crime rates are lower in the U.S. than they’ve ever been before, strong community bonds are closely associated with safe neighborhoods where people have a sense of community well-being.<\/p>\n

But where in the U.S. can you find the best<\/i><\/em>, most friendly neighbors? And what does it actually mean to be neighborly? We wanted to find out.
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[Check out the full rankings infographic]<\/a><\/p>\n

We scoured the web for data about different things that we think make friendly neighbors: People looking out for each other, doing favors for one another, and just acting like good neighbors. Then, we analyzed that data to see which cities in the U.S. have the best neighbors — and are the most neighborly.<\/p>\n

According to our data, the top 25 most neighborly cities of 2020 are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Augusta, Georgia<\/li>\n
  2. Salt Lake City, Utah<\/li>\n
  3. Columbia, South Carolina<\/li>\n
  4. Lancaster, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n
  5. Portland, Oregon<\/li>\n
  6. Minneapolis, Minnesota<\/li>\n
  7. Washington, D.C.<\/li>\n
  8. Spokane, Washington<\/li>\n
  9. Greenville, South Carolina<\/li>\n
  10. Rochester, New York<\/li>\n
  11. Ogden, Utah<\/li>\n
  12. Jacksonville, Florida<\/li>\n
  13. Seattle, Washington<\/li>\n
  14. Colorado Springs, Colorado<\/li>\n
  15. Sacramento, California<\/li>\n
  16. Bridgeport, Connecticut<\/li>\n
  17. Lakeland, Florida<\/li>\n
  18. Baton Rouge, Louisiana<\/li>\n
  19. Denver, Colorado<\/li>\n
  20. Grand Rapids, Michigan<\/li>\n
  21. Tucson, Arizona<\/li>\n
  22. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n
  23. Charlotte, North Carolina<\/li>\n
  24. Honolulu, Hawaii<\/li>\n
  25. Fort Myers, Florida<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    What makes these spots more neighborly and friendlier than all the rest? It was a combination of these factors (a more detailed methodology can be found at the end of this article):<\/p>\n