Say what?!?
The Valley ranks as the second-safest major metropolitan area in which to conduct business and avoid major natural disasters and terrorism.
So says the Business Journal of Phoenix, citing a survey by Risk & Insurance magazine.
Second-safest? Who’s number one?
Sacramento, California, believe it or not.
Surely this is a mistake. Note these important Sacramento defects:
- It freezes in Sacramento, several times a year
- It rains 18 inches a year, three times more than anyone should have to abide
- It’s only 17 feet above sea level, which can’t be good
- The population of the city is only 400,000–a little more than Mesa
- Worst of all: It’s in California!
But: There is no accounting for taste. Consider that San Diego, the beach-front suburb of Phoenix, rated no higher than eighth place.
I designed this billboard for New Orleans a few months ago:
Perhaps we need to post it in Sacramento as well…
