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Using statistics from data provider Onboard Informatics, we crunched the numbers in order to zero in on America's best small towns for families. (Last year, we looked at small cities, with...
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Apr 15, 2009 · In order, the top ten in the poll were:1) Owego, N.Y. (NOT Oswego, N.Y.)2) Rockland, Maine 3) Grinnell, Iowa 4) Vevay, Ind.5) Huntingdon, Pa. 6) Onancock, Va.7) Jim Thorpe, Pa. 8) Mineral Point,...
Using statistics from data provider Onboard Informatics, we crunched the numbers in order to zero in on America's best small towns for families. (Last year, we looked at small cities, with...
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KEY STATS 1.7 million: Population (metro) $171,000: Median home price B: Multisport grade $1 billion: Amount the NASCAR industry pumps into Charlotte's economy annually Charlotte's been rising. Its population has doubled over the past 20 years, and eight Fortune 500 companies now call the greater Queen City area home. Today, suit-and-tie bankers po...
KEY STATS 2.1 million: Population (metro) $106,000: Median home price B-: Multisport grade 1 million: Pounds of goetta a German dish consisting of pork, beef, and steel-cut oats consumed locally each year With its low cost of living and resilient and well-balanced blend of industries (everything from aerospace to advertising), Cincinnati topped our...
KEY STATS 3.2 million: Population (metro) $174,000: Median home price B: Multisport grade 22,737: Number of canoes and kayaks registered in Minneapolis zip codes Minnesota native Garrison Keillor, in his radio program A Prairie Home Companion, says of his fictional town Lake Wobegon that “all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and ...
KEY STATS 2.2 million: Population (metro) $248,000: Median home price A: Multisport grade 2 million: Number of volumes at Powell's, the largest bookstore in the world Or, as we like to call it, Velo City. With cycling advocates in high places, the highest concentration of custom bicycle builders anywhere, and a 300-mile bike-route network set to tr...
KEY STATS 845,000: Population (metro) $182,000: Median home price B: Multisport grade 278: Average number of sunny days A few cities in the Southwest enjoy their own versions of Albuquerque's main attractions: a surplus of sunshine, mild weather, and easy access to trails, rivers, and mountains like the 10,678-foot granite escarpment above town. Bu...
KEY STATS 4.5 million: Population (metro) $290,000: Median home price B: Multisport grade 7,250: Members of Community Boating, the largest public sailing program in the U.S. With its storybook brownstones and brick sidewalks, Boston is still very much a product of its past. But thanks in part to its inordinately high student population more than 80...
KEY STATS 1.6 million: Population (metro) $182,000: Median home price B-: Multisport grade 92: Number of annual music festivals held in town Yes, the originator of the KEEP [your city's name here] WEIRD bumper sticker is still plenty kooky, but it's also young and remarkably active. With Barton Greenbelt 800 acres of wilderness in the heart of down...
KEY STATS 5.3 million: Population (metro) $115,000: Median home price B-: Multisport grade 0:Net carbon emissions generated by the Corner, a part of Virginia Highland, the city's iconic nightlife district Don't call it “Hotlanta.” Locals will sigh and tell you there's much more to this southern metropolis than sultry summer nights. The Chattahooche...
KEY STATS 3.3 million: Population (metro) $315,000: Median home price B+: Multisport grade 80: Percentage of Seattleites with a library card Forget about the rain already. No place in the U.S. marries urban cool with a healthy lifestyle like the Emerald City. It's got world-renowned restaurants, outstanding theaters, and a bevy of museums, all temp...
KEY STATS 617,000: Population (metro) $180,000: Median home price A: Multisport grade 1,200:Number of Olympic athletes who live in town to train at the U.S. Olympic Complex There's a reason 1.3 million people have rushed to Colorado's Front Range in the past two decades: With 249 annual days of sun, an ascendant, heavily tech-based economy, and qui...
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Dec 30, 2019 · Whitewater rafting and hiking are popular activities for visitors. Discover the best small towns in America! If you're in need of a break from big city chaos, the 25 prettiest towns in America ...
Apr 7, 2011 · America's Coolest Small Towns 2009. April 7, 2011. We've finished tallying the votes, as you can see for yourself below. We announced the readers' top 10 on CBS's Early Show on April 15, 2009. Plan Your Next Getaway. Keep reading. What's Your Island IQ? Destinations. Explore the Secret Falls of the Smokies by Car.
Nov 3, 2022 · Every destination on this list has more than doubled its population between 2010 and 2021, and many offer enticements such as affordability, job opportunities and perks for families, such as...
