[Los Feliz Slim]

I am in the process of raising a child in LA, and I also vote for LA as worst. The only place comparable, I'm told, is NYC. School cost vs. quality of public schools and the general superficiality in both cities are my reasons.

I was raised in the suburbs of Boston, and I turned out well. Small enough to be "normal", large enough for some small-scale expanding of horizons. So Boston is good, but I think (based on nothing, really) that the Pacific Northwest would be an excellent place to raise kids.