100 Best Places to Live in America, 2010 edition

Money/CNN ^ | 7-12-10 | Beth Braverman, Veronica Crews, Anne C. Lee, Jessica Levine, Ismat Sarah Mangla, Vanessa Richardson,

[WOBBLY BOB]

If you focus only on the averages, life in the typical American town frankly doesn't seem so hot right now. The median home continues to lose value. Cash-strapped state and local governments are cutting services. And unemployment, at 9.3%, is still high.

But those bummer statistics obscure one important-and encouraging-fact: There are plenty of outliers. MONEY found them through its annual search for the best places in America, which this year focused on the nation's small cities (those with populations of 50,000 to 300,000). Reporters crunched reams of data to find the optimal combo of job opportunities, fiscal strength, top-notch schools, low crime, good health care, lots to do, and many other factors that help make a town great for raising a family.

[rdl6989]

The town in Indiana they refer to, Fishers, and neighboring Carmel are the most expensive areas in the state.

[handmade]

Getting a pass on the best places to live is not bad-you really do not want too many people moving in to upset the balance of what makes a place good.

[ichabod1]

Government jobs? That was what I noticed a lot of.

[Mr. Wright]

Here is something to check out. Do a Wykopedia search on any town on the list. Check out the racial composition.
Most, if not all of these places are preominately white!!
Says it all does it not?

[Mr. Wright]

Here is something to check out. Do a Wikipedia search on any town on the list. Check out the racial composition.
Most, if not all of these places are predominately white!!
Says it all does it not?

[wardaddy]

the folks who write this crap don’t think the South has enough culture...i hope they keep thinking that

[Political Junkie Too]

You can click on Full List, and it will give you a list of the cities, 25 at a time.

-PJ

[Ditter]

Not for me, I still have to click next next next etc.

[beckysueb]

I bet they have lots of Somalis, too.

[beckysueb]

Exactly. I like it that way. We don’t need no liberals stinking up the place and changing our beloved southland to blue.

[Political Junkie Too]

Really? If you click on the full list link at the bottom of the story, when the next city comes up there should be some grey buttons at the top, one of which says "Full List" (next to a button that says "Near You"). Click on this and it will give you the list.

-PJ

[achilles2000]

I know Lexington better than Newton because my nephew is a student there.

To answer your point: Lexington and Newton are about as good as it gets in the government school sector. Consequently, our nation is finished ;-)

[achilles2000]

As for what Carmel is producing...go to youtube and look at Bob Compton’s 2 Million Minutes. Not pretty...

[NautiNurse]

LOL at all the “hot spots” in Minnesota. The remarkably low unemployment rate is higher than the average winter temperature.

[3catsanadog]

They seemed fixated on the miles of walking trails many of the cities have.

[csmusaret]

Yes but a lot of them are snow shoe trails half the year. Fargo ND?

[Mr. Wright]

The racial makeup of the city was 90.7% White, 2.3% African American, 0.2% Native American, 4.8% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 0.50% from other races,

[WOBBLY BOB]

predominantly “crackers”

[DollyCali]

Well, okay. Their ideas of a great town might differ from mine however

[BufordP]

Try these links:

25 at a time

Map