What attributed to both Wyoming cities landing so low? Out of the
186 cities that were ranked, Casper and Cheyenne were in a 6-way tie for the
highest suicide rate per capita, along with Rapid City, SD, Colorado Springs, CO, Juneau, AK, and Billings, MT.
To further hurt our rankings, Casper ranked
178th for
182nd for the same metric.
Considering how many cities were ranked, landing in the middle wouldn't normally be that bad, but landing so high on the suicide rate is not a good thing. It's also worth noting, that both cities ranked very low for
community & environment as well. It appears that Cowboy-Up mentally that were none so much for isn't always a positive attribute.