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It’s hardly an honour, but the outcome of a wide-ranging survey has been going viral on social media, to both pleasure and derision.

The data has been expansively assembled by experts on 35 UK cities, with the idea of discovering the best and worst cities to bring up children.

The information that was collected included average house prices, amenities and green spaces available, school league tables and crime rates, along with average earnings per household to give extensive knowledge of what was considered good and not so good.

Based on the information gained, the survey concluded these were the top ten worst cities for raising children;

1^st London

2^nd Newry

3^rd Armagh

4^th Leeds

5^th Bradford

6^th Sheffield

7^th Glasgow

8^th Kingston-Upon-Hull

9^th Brighton and Hove

10^th Birmingham

If you are wondering what the top ten best cities were for bringing up children, they were as follows;

1^st Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

2^nd Derby

3^rd Wolverhampton

4^th Southampton

5^th Bath

6^th Nottingham

7^th Coventry

8^th York

9^th Oxford

10^th Portsmouth

A spokeswoman from MoneySuperMarket said during an interview with The Telegraph: “The Family Living Index was created to guide parents – or soon to be parents – looking to futureproof their next move. As well as choosing where to raise their families, moving home is also a key life-stage decision, and is one of the most common moments for couples to take out life insurance to protect their family financially should anything.”

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