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05-24-2008, 09:37 PM
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The 100 Best Places to Raise a Family
As according to Best Life, who used data from the U.S. Census Bureau, National Center for Education Statistics, FBI, American Association of Museums, National Center for Health Statistics, and the American Bar Association, to analyze the following:
-Security -Schools (student-teacher ratios & test scores) -Budgets -Museums -Parks -Pediatricians -Commutes -Housing costs -Divorce rates 1 Honolulu, Hawaii 2 Virginia Beach, Virginia 3 Billings, Montana 4 Columbus, Georgia 5 San Diego, California 6 Des Moines, Iowa 7 Minneapolis, Minnesota 8 Madison, Wisconsin 9 Colorado Springs, Colorado 10 Santa Rosa, California 11 Wichita, Kansas 12 Los Angeles, California 13 Corona, California 14 Austin, Texas 15 Stamford, Connecticut 16 Omaha, Nebraska 17 Naperville, Illinois 18 Fort Wayne, Indiana 19 Springfield, Illinois 20 Boise, Idaho 21 Manchester, New Hampshire 22 South Bay Area, California 23 New York, New York 24 Fontana, California 25 Louisville, Kentucky 26 Plano, Texas 27 Oceanside, California 28 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 29 Sacramento, California 30 Ann Arbor, Michigan 31 Reno, Nevada 32 Las Vegas, Nevada 33 Lincoln, Nebraska 34 San Bernardino, California 35 Grand Rapids, Michigan 36 Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina 37 Kansas City, Kansas 38 Fremont, California 39 Buffalo, New York 40 Berkeley, California 41 Cambridge, Massachusetts 42 Kansas City, Missouri 43 Waterbury, Connecticut 44 Syracuse, New York 45 Phoenix, Arizona 46 Albuquerque, New Mexico 47 Akron, Ohio 48 Boston, Massachusetts 49 Escondido, California 50 Fairfield, California 51 Antioch, California 52 Elgin, Illinois 53 Rochester, New York 54 Seattle, Washington 55 Tucson, Arizona 56 Santa Clarita, California 57 Denver, Colorado 58 Indianapolis, Indiana 59 Glendale, Arizona 60 Chicago, Illinois 61 Atlanta, Georgia 62 San Antonio, Texas 63 Mobile, Alabama 64 Concord, California 65 Denton, Texas 66 Coral Springs, Florida 67 San Francisco, California 68 Cedar Rapids, Iowa 69 El Paso, Texas 70 San Buenaventura, California 71 Worcester, Massachusetts 72 Baltimore, Maryland 73 Richmond, California 74 Lowell, Massachusetts 75 Portland, Oregon 76 Jacksonville, Florida 77 Fort Collins, Colorado 78 Orlando, Florida 79 Modesto, California 80 Montgomery, Alabama 81 Tampa, Florida 82 Salinas, California 83 Newport News, Virginia 84 Oakland, California 85 Augusta, Georgia 86 Fort Worth, Texas 87 Washington, D.C. 88 Tulsa, Oklahoma 89 Bellevue, Washington 90 Cincinnati, Ohio 91 McKinney, Texas 92 St. Louis, Missouri 93 Hayward, California 94 Midland, Texas 95 Sterling Heights, Michigan 96 Greensboro, North Carolina 97 Arlington, Texas 98 Alexandria, Virginia 99 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 100 Lexington, Kentucky And of course, the worst: Springfield, Missouri Dayton, Ohio Corpus Christi, Texas Flint, Michigan Columbia, South Carolina Waco, Texas Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Fayetteville, North Carolina Beaumont, Texas Clarksville, Tennessee |
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05-24-2008, 11:09 PM
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In other words, what we already knew: California is the greatest place on Earth.
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05-24-2008, 11:23 PM
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05-24-2008, 11:24 PM
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No Utah towns...
I'm sure this has more to do with class sizes than anything else, but interesting, nonetheless. Lived in Ft Wayne--great schools. Same for Grand Rapids. Agree that Flint is the armpit of Michigan. And the country. |
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05-24-2008, 11:26 PM
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05-25-2008, 12:56 AM
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05-25-2008, 01:33 AM
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Honolulu, Hawaii at #1? LA at #12?
That's funny.
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05-25-2008, 02:55 AM
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05-25-2008, 03:24 AM
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Seriously, are there any museums in Utah outside LDS museums? I guess the U of U has a pretty good museum of natural history. Is there an art museum in Salt Lake?
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