Portfolio.com, in a "Quality of Life" analysis of the country's 67 largest metropolitan areas, today ranks Milwaukee as the 43rd best overall. By population we're No. 38.
While I'd love to see our rank higher, being in the top 50 is good. Still, there's plenty of room for growth.
Portfolio ranked based on a variety of categories including economics, cost of living, traffic, housing, education and more. See full results here.
Raleigh, N.C., earned the top spot and Milwaukee beat out cities like Pittsburgh (48), Buffalo (54), Cleveland (59) and Miami (62). Chicago ranked No. 38 overall.
A life-long and passionate community leader and Milwaukeean, Jeff Sherman is a co-founder of OnMilwaukee.
He grew up in Wauwatosa and graduated from Marquette University, as a Warrior. He holds an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University, and is the founding president of Young Professionals of Milwaukee (YPM)/Fuel Milwaukee.
Early in his career, Sherman was one of youngest members of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, and currently is involved in numerous civic and community groups - including board positions at The Wisconsin Center District, Wisconsin Club and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. He's honored to have been named to The Business Journal's "30 under 30" and Milwaukee Magazine's "35 under 35" lists.
He owns a condo in Downtown and lives in greater Milwaukee with his wife Stephanie, his son, Jake, and daughter Pierce. He's a political, music, sports and news junkie and thinks, for what it's worth, that all new movies should be released in theaters, on demand, online and on DVD simultaneously.
He also thinks you should read OnMilwaukee each and every day.
