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There are lists, and there are U.S. News & World Report lists.

And that one likes STL, kind of.

Looking at the entire metropolitan area, along with the other 124 largest U.S. metros, the publication ranked us at No. 81 in the nation in its "2019 Best Places To Live."

Most major-metro neighbors fared better: Nashville, Tennessee (15); Indianapolis (38); Cincinnati (39); Kansas City (49); and Louisville, Kentucky (64). Also, Springfield, Missouri, finished one slot ahead of us (80).

Of our neighbors, Chicago (104) and Memphis (118) finished lower.

The best overall was Austin, Texas; and the worst in the 50 states was Bakersfield, California.

When looking at metros with a population of more than 2.5 million, STL was ranked No. 13 out of 21. Denver was first in that group; Miami was last.

The metros were graded using data from sources such as the Census Bureau, Department of Labor and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Five categories were created in which to crunch the numbers. Our overall score (10 being perfect) was 6.3. And here is how we registered in each category: