Yay, more meaningless magzine rankings. The men’s magazine Best Life listed the top 100 cities in the U.S. to raise children, and Fremont ranks 38. Hard to argue with that.

Higher ranking cities include Los Angeles, New York, Las Vegas, San Diego, San Jose area, Sacramento, Plano Tex., and of course Reno, which was ranked 31 under the magazine’s fool-proof methodology. I think they multiply student test scores by the number of slot machines.

Fremont did rank higher than Hayward (93),  San Francisco, Worcester, Mass., Seattle, Antioch, and my adopted hometown of Berkeley (40). I guess it’s a good thing I don’t have kids.

I’m now trying to find rankings for the best city to raise a cat.

For more on the Best Life rankings, click here.