PUBLIC SECTOR
Corpus Christi earns the 11th place in ROI for education, and 26th in ROI for police.
However, its 55th place for spending on parks and recreation is less impressive than
that for San Antonio, which ranks 11th in this spending category.
Best Run Cities
(Rankings)
6
7
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
. . . governments
in South Texas
have proven
to be relatively
efficient.
Source: WalletHub.
ROI for Police Spending
(Rankings)
26
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Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Source: WalletHub.
Annual Review of South Texas Economy
SOUTH TEXAS CITIES BY THE RANKINGS
Efficiency in the public sector plays a role in a community’s long-term economic
development. The local governments in South Texas have proven to be relatively
efficient. WalletHub evaluates how cities are run by calculating the return on
investment (ROI) for three types of public expenditure: education, police, and parks and
recreation. This survey of 108 cities includes Corpus Christi and San Antonio, which
are ranked, respectively, the sixth and seventh best run American cities.
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