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Here's one new list (pointer via Planetizen):
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
My list from Who's Your City? is here.
Compare, contrast, comment?
Tried to guess what the list was, before looking. Was way wrong. Families? Looks like BestLife forgot to include "cost of living"!
Posted by: Mike L. | May 23, 2008 at 03:39 AM
I cannot believe they put together a list of the 100 best cities to raise a family in and skipped over cities in Utah. Surely at least Provo-Orem should have made the list.
Posted by: Charles Rostkowski | May 23, 2008 at 09:21 AM
Hawaii gets props for its per student spending rate? Did the creator of the list take into consideration that EVERYTHING in Hawaii is extremely expensive? So if that spending rate is because it costs 10% extra for all supplies etc, then it's actually a rather misleading statistic.
The additional sparse comments on cities provided give the appearance of a highly arbitrary ranking...
Posted by: Chris | May 23, 2008 at 10:26 AM
Odd list. Everyone knows that San Jose and Sacramento are two of the best cities in California for families. Also, any big city in Canada should easily make the list.
Posted by: Wil | May 23, 2008 at 12:21 PM
Odd. Aside from Madison and maybe Minneapolis I would put this down as 10 boring places to raise your kids, or 10 places to raise your boring kids. Alright, maybe surfers aren't totally boring, but??
Posted by: Michael Wells | May 23, 2008 at 05:36 PM
Which metro is more accepting of arab muslims Houston Texas, Raleigh Durham NC or Charlotte NC?????
Posted by: Ghadeer Areej | May 29, 2008 at 11:39 PM
If you can get your site in the Top 10 of Google then it can be as good as have your shop in every city in the world
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