Check this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_most_livable_cities
This is the survey from businessweek of top 50 best cities in the US.
http://images.businessweek.com/slideshows/20110920/america-s-50-best-cities/
No.7 is San Diego; No 9 is San Francisco; No.19 portland, ore. LA nowhere.
For LA, you can check this link to see which area have less homicides. And overall from Jan1,2007 to right now , 5- yr, there are almost 4000 homicides
http://projects.latimes.com/homicide/map/
The problem of portland is in winter it rains a lot like Vancouver, BC.
This is the survey from businessweek of top 50 best cities in the US.
http://images.businessweek.com/slideshows/20110920/america-s-50-best-cities/
No.7 is San Diego; No 9 is San Francisco; No.19 portland, ore. LA nowhere.
For LA, you can check this link to see which area have less homicides. And overall from Jan1,2007 to right now , 5- yr, there are almost 4000 homicides
http://projects.latimes.com/homicide/map/
The problem of portland is in winter it rains a lot like Vancouver, BC.