Justice
How Data Can Create Racial Equity
To address systemic racism, U.S. city leaders need to stop looking at their data in aggregate and start asking questions.
Is Austin, Texas, the best place to live? That depends.
Photographer: Sergio Flores/BloombergLots of cities take pride in their rankings: the best place to live, the best place to work, the best place for single people, and so on.
But what constitutes a “best place” for some may be misery for others. This was the case in Austin, Texas, in 2015 when it was named the best place for families — and the most economically segregated city in the U.S.