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Best U.S. Metros for Women's Well-Being

Large U.S. cities offer high quality of life for women, according to the Social Science Research Council.
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Washington, D.C., tops the list of the leading metros for women's well-being, according to new study from the Social Science Research Council's Measure of America project. San Francisco is second, Boston third, Minneapolis-St. Paul fourth, and New York fifth. At the opposite end of the spectrum, women are doing less well than the "typical American" in six metros: Detroit, Pittsburgh, Tampa–St. Petersburg, Houston, San Antonio, and Riverside–San Bernardino.

The chart (below) shows the full rankings: