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Best Places to Live
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1) "Small Towns Populate Latest 'Best Places' List". Anonymous; American City and County. Vol. 122, Iss. 8. Aug, 2007. p. 26.
The article presents a list of U.S.A.'s top ten best small places to live, based on a 2007 survey conducted by Money magazine. The number one place is Middleton, Wisconcsin. This is followed by Hanover, New Hampshire and Louisville, Colorado. The top ten places were chosen from among more than 2,800 U.S. towns with populations above 7,500 and under 50,000 based on economic opportunity, leisure activities and crime rates.
2) "Best Affordable Suburbs: South". Roney, J.; Business Week Online. May 24, 2007. p. 8.
The article discusses the cost of living, housing sector and job growth in Southern U.S. suburbs. Many people have move to the South for cheaper prices, new jobs and affordable houses, resulting to higher population growth rate compared to the Midwest. The most affordable Southern suburbs have a cost-of-living index of 97. Half of the suburbs have median home prices below $288,100.
3) "Best Affordable Suburbs: Midwest". Roney, M.; Business Week Online. May 17, 2007. p. 30.
The article looks at the best affordable suburbs in the Midwest. The almost rural scenery, complete with lakefront beaches and parks, makes Lake Zurich a kind of oasis in an area that also houses the headquarters of major companies. Appleton is big on cleanliness and tough on crime. Schools also stand out, with the test score index of 110.3.
4) "Best Affordable Suburbs: West". Roney, M.; Business Week Online. May 10, 2007. p. 32.
This article presents information on the places in the West Coast of the U.S. where real estate buyers can get properties that are affordable. It says that open spaces and laid-back lifestyle of West Coast attract home buyers from across the U.S. It explains that the average median home price of properties included in this article is $409,385.
5) "Best Affordable Suburbs: Northeast". Roney, J.; Business Week Online. May 1, 2007. p. 17.
The article reports that there are still suburbs in the U.S. Northeast that offer decent schools, low crime and strong sense of community at an attainable price tag. The suburbs that offer the best ratio of quality to cost according to BusinessWeek.com and Web site Sperling's Best Places include Coraopolis and Moon Township in Pennsylvania. Nashua, New Hampshire has also appeared on numerous best-places lists.
6) "The Best Places to Launch a Career. (Cover story)". Gerdes, L.; Business Week. Iss. 4051. Sep 24, 2007. p. 48.
The article focuses on "Business Week" magazine's second annual ranking of the best places to launch a career, which is based on three extensive surveys; of career services directors at U.S. colleges, the employers they identify as the best for new graduates, and college students themselves. A discussion of the ranking results and charts of the ranked companies are presented.
7) "Best Places: The South Rises Again". Badenhausen, K.; Forbes. Vol. 179, Iss. 9. Apr 23, 2007. p. 86.
The news on the economy in recent months has been uninspiring. The subprime lending mess threatens to accelerate the housing slowdown. Gas prices are at their highest in eight months. Gross domestic product growth this year is expected to be less than 3% for the first time since 2003. But one part of the country consistently manages to produce strong economic growth and still keep costs down. For the second straight year the Southeast placed 5 metros in the Top 10 of the Best Places for Business and Careers. While most economies in the West have also outperformed their peers in the Northeast and Midwest over the past four years, living costs there have risen dramatically. Housing prices in Phoenix, spurred in part by easy lending, are up 57% in the past two years, knocking it off the Top 10. For this year's ranking Forbes relied on economic research firm Economy.com for its indexes on business and living costs.
8) "Best Places: Booby Prize". Coster, H.; Forbes. Vol. 179, Iss. 9. Apr 23, 2007. p. 89.
Surf, in Santa Cruz, is the only thing that's up. On a hot Sunday afternoon in March bikini-clad undergrads from the University of California strolling along Pacific Avenue seem to draw inspiration from their school's mascot, the banana slug. With no sign of urgency, they meander among homeless panhandlers, past stores like hemp-peddler Avatar Imports and Mama Chola's Pagan Pantry. Volkswagen vans clog parking lots near the beach as their owners, paunchy middle-aged surfers, gaze out over the crashing waves. But the same qualities that make it a haven for beach bums and students make it a frustration for anybody trying to do business. The city's five-year average job growth, -0.9%, ranks number 190 among FORBES' 200 cities. Santa Cruz has 300 days of sun a year, and its setting is supremely beautiful. But the cost of living is 41% higher than the U.S. average. During peak commuting hours, traffic into and out of Silicon Valley can be bumper-to-bumper.
9) "Great Then, Great Now. 20 Years of Best Places". Merritt, J., K. Ashford, A. Fitch, S. Kaufman, K. Knight and B. Nelson.; Money. Vol. 36, Iss. 8. Aug, 2007. p. 97.
This article presents the best places to live in America over the last 20 years. The population, unemployment rates, and home prices are factored into these decisions. Nashua, New Hampshire tops the list, followed by Rochester, Minnesota, Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and Seattle Washington.
10) "Best Places to Live. (Cover story)". Ashford, K., A. Fitch, S. Gandel, et al.; Money. Vol. 36, Iss. 8. Aug, 2007. p. 84.
This article names the best places to live in the United States. The authors focused on finding areas with populations of 7,500-50,000 that offered the best combination of good schools, economic opportunity, safety, activities, and a sense of community. The authors chose Middleton, Wisconsin as the number one best place to live in the country based on these criteria.