St. Pete named ‘best-run’ city in Florida
June 19, 2024 - WalletHub recently named St. Petersburg the state’s “best-run” city and ranked it 36th nationally in its annual evaluation of local leadership effectiveness. The personal finance platform compared 148 of the nation’s largest municipalities across 36 performance indicators to determine a “Quality of City Services” score, which it then compared to per-capita budgets to compile the rankings. Tampa placed fourth among Florida cities and 82nd nationally.