Worst of all: It’s in California!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nBut: There is no accounting for taste. Consider that San Diego, the beach-front suburb of Phoenix, rated no higher than eighth place.<\/p>\n
I designed this billboard for New Orleans a few months ago:<\/p>\n
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Perhaps we need to post it in Sacramento as well…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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. 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