The online real estate site, Motovo, has listed what it calls “The 11 Best St. Louis Suburbs to Live In,” (though the list also includes Mascoutah, IL, and Columbia, MO), and names Brentwood as number seven.
The site says “you love cheering on the Cardinals, want plenty of provel on your pizza,” but maybe living in St. Louis city isn’t for you, and continues with options.
Key stats listed for Brentwood are — unemployment rate: 4.2 percent, average commute time: 19 minutes, and high school graduation rate: 96 percent.
The complete list:
- Chesterfield
- Clayton
- Webster Groves
- Ellisville
- Ballwin
- Kirkwood
- Edwardsville
- Brentwood
- Mascoutah, IL
- Columbia, MO
- Manchester
If your title is “11 Best St. Louis Suburbs To Live In” and then you proceed to list Columbia, MO – 1.5 hours away – you might not have the best understanding of geography.
In reality these articles tend to reflect the value system of the writer and the target audience more than any community discussed. Highlights for my city list would place less importance on my neighbor’s income and employment rates and focus more on how walkable a community is, or its public transportation, or diversity, among other things minimally touched on. But that is just me. To each is their own.
I totally agree!
Why are you requiring a website?
These may be the best suburbs in “some people’s” minds but definitely not all. Young, hip first time home buyers would be bored to death in Chesterfield or Manchester. They would be more at home in the City or in Maplewood where houses are less expensive and there is a restaurant/bar scene. Lists like this do a disservice to anyone moving to St. Louis not knowing the area.
Completely agree. Woundn’t be caught dead in Chesterfield, but I’m 30 🙂