Where can you find the nation's best-run cities? There's been a study done on that, and Kansas has a few representatives on the list. The financial website WalletHub looked at how city officials manage and spend public funds by comparing the quality of services residents receive against the city's total budget.
They constructed a "Quality of Services" score made up of 38 metrics grouped into six service categories, then measured that against the city's per-capita budget. WalletHub compared operating efficiency of the 150 largest U.S. cities.
At number 131 was Kansas City, Kansas. Wichita came in at 47th. And the survey ranked the 40th best-run city in the country as Topeka.
Near to Kansas, Tulsa came in at 39th, Oklahoma City did very well and is #13 on the list, and Lincoln, Nebraska was just outside the top 5 at #6.
