Life CNN Money's Top 100 places to live - Page 4

**RealSNR** · 07-12-2010, 10:39 AM

Appearing in the August 2010 issue. Click the link to read more about each place.

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/money...100/index.html

Rank City Population
1 Eden Prairie, MN 64,000
2 Columbia/Ellicott City, MD 155,000
3 Newton, MA 82,000
4 Bellevue, WA 124,000
5 McKinney, TX 125,000
6 Fort Collins, CO 141,000
7 Overland Park, KS 175,000
8 Fishers, IN 69,000
9 Ames, IA 60,000
10 Rogers, AR 57,000
11 Plymouth, MN 76,000
12 Highlands Ranch, CO 98,000
13 Woodbury, MN 58,000
14 Carmel, IN 67,000
15 Eagan, MN 64,000
16 Allen, TX 84,000
17 Shawnee, KS 61,000
18 South Jordan, UT 51,000
19 Broomfield, CO 55,000
20 Apple Valley, MN 50,000
21 Missouri City, TX 75,000
22 Irvine, CA 208,000
23 Cary, NC 130,000
24 Rowlett, TX 58,000
25 Gaithersburg, MD 59,000
26 O'Fallon, MO 77,000
27 Lee's Summit, MO 89,000
28 Waltham, MA 60,000
29 Abington, PA 54,000
30 Centreville, VA 54,000
31 Rockville, MD 61,000
32 West Chester, OH 60,000
33 Loveland, CO 66,000
34 Franklin, NJ 61,000
35 Edmond, OK 83,000
36 Gilbert, AZ 216,000
37 Mentor, OH 52,000
38 Yorba Linda, CA 66,000
39 Brookline, MA 58,000
40 Chapel Hill, NC 54,000
41 Clarkstown, NY 83,000
42 Amherst, NY 115,000
43 Bolingbrook, IL 71,000
44 Coral Springs, FL 126,000
45 Orem, UT 94,000
46 Ann Arbor, MI 116,000
47 Alexandria, VA 145,000
48 Coconut Creek, FL 50,000
49 Blue Springs, MO 56,000
50 Waukesha, WI 68,000
51 Rio Rancho, NM 82,000
52 Weymouth, MA 53,000
53 White Plains, NY 57,000
54 Naperville, IL 143,000
55 West Hartford, CT 63,000
56 Mount Prospect, IL 54,000
57 Piscataway, NJ 53,000
58 Arvada, CO 107,000
59 Arlington Heights, IL 73,000
60 St. Peters, MO 56,000
61 West Jordan, UT 95,000
62 Meridian, ID 67,000
63 Pleasanton, CA 67,000
64 Shoreline, WA 54,000
65 Rocklin, CA 53,000
66 Franklin, TN 58,000
67 Stillwater, OK 53,000
68 Iowa City, IA 73,000
69 Eau Claire, WI 66,000
70 Norman, OK 109,000
71 Scottsdale, AZ 235,000
72 Wellington, FL 55,000
73 Wayne, NJ 53,000
74 Bismarck, ND 60,000
75 West Des Moines, IA 55,000
76 Roswell, GA 96,000
77 Sioux Falls, SD 161,000
78 Stamford, CT 119,000
79 Millcreek, PA 54,000
80 St. George, UT 78,000
81 Broken Arrow, OK 93,000
82 New Rochelle, NY 75,000
83 Warwick, RI 84,000
84 Bristol, CT 61,000
85 Chesapeake, VA 220,000
86 Fargo, ND 97,000
87 Hamden, CT 58,000
88 Ramapo, NY 116,000
89 Middletown, NJ 69,000
90 Norwalk, CT 83,000
91 Suffolk, VA 82,000
92 Hillsboro, OR 94,000
93 Owensboro, KY 56,000
94 Nashua, NH 87,000
95 Madison, WI 233,000
96 Appleton, WI 71,000
97 Grand Forks, ND 53,000
98 Beaverton, OR 92,000
99 Idaho Falls, ID 54,000
100 Mount Pleasant, SC 68,000

NewChief · 07-12-2010, 02:17 PM

This list is complete shit, no offfense to anyone who lives in one of these places.

NewChief · 07-12-2010, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by luv

Rogers, AR made the top 10?

Exactly. Bullshit.

NewChief · 07-12-2010, 02:18 PM

Highlands Ranch, CO is also a souless suckhole (once again, no offense to anyone who lives there). It's clear that Money has a different idea of a good place to raise your family.

Suburban sprawl. Strip malls. Chain restaurants. Yehaw.

Frazod · 07-12-2010, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by NewPhin

This list is complete shit, no offfense to anyone who lives in one of these places.

You live in Arkansas, right?

I guess Naperville doesn't have enough trailer parks for you.

SDChiefs · 07-12-2010, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by TheGuardian

I went to a P&L a month+ ago and must say it was better than I expected. Still, I go to Vegas, Cali, and the east coast a lot and the quality + quantity of hot women is not even close.

Still there is a trade off in terms of cost of living and those kinds of things. I have a good friend in SoCal and he makes a LOT of money. He told me you can't really live there happily without making 250K a year.

False. Being single you can live fine on 50K a year.

NewChief · 07-12-2010, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by frazod

You live in Arkansas, right?

I guess Naperville doesn't have enough trailer parks for you.

I shouldn't say it's complete shit. Fort Collins, CO is a great place. There are probably lots of great places on the list. When I'm looking at my area, though, (northwest Arkansas) and I want to raise a family... Rogers isn't the first place that springs to mind.

**Bugeater** · 07-12-2010, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by NewPhin

This list is complete shit, no offfense to anyone who lives in one of these places.

Yeah I'm not getting all the Minneapolis suburbs, I've been up there twice and it just seems like a bigger, colder version of Omaha.

**Bugeater** · 07-12-2010, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NewPhin

I shouldn't say it's complete shit. Fort Collins, CO is a great place. There are probably lots of great places on the list. When I'm looking at my area, though, (northwest Arkansas) and I want to raise a family... Rogers isn't the first place that springs to mind.

Isn't the cost of living pretty low down there? And while I'm not real familiar with the area I know it's very nice just north of there up around Bella Vista.

Frazod · 07-12-2010, 02:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NewPhin

I shouldn't say it's complete shit. Fort Collins, CO is a great place. There are probably lots of great places on the list. When I'm looking at my area, though, (northwest Arkansas) and I want to raise a family... Rogers isn't the first place that springs to mind.

I love Naperville - its a great place to live.

The only drawback is the whole Illinois thing.

**DeezNutz** · 07-12-2010, 02:29 PM

Overland Park is a fantastic place to raise a family.

chiefsnorth · 07-12-2010, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bugeater

Yeah I'm not getting all the Minneapolis suburbs, I've been up there twice and it just seems like a bigger, colder version of Omaha.

WTF?

**luv** · 07-12-2010, 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NewPhin

I shouldn't say it's complete shit. Fort Collins, CO is a great place. There are probably lots of great places on the list. When I'm looking at my area, though, (northwest Arkansas) and I want to raise a family... Rogers isn't the first place that springs to mind.

I'd pick Springfield, MO over nearly anyplace in Arkansas, especially Rogers. Also aver anyplace that's listed in OK.

Amnorix · 07-12-2010, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Donger

I think Peabody should be on the list, just because of how you people pronounce it. That, and Manor, TX.

What about Worcester (Wuss-ter) or Gloucester (Gloss-ter)? Or even Quincy (Quin-zee)?

**Bearcat** · 07-12-2010, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by TheGuardian

4 horrible seasons of weather, then I can see why Shawnee and Overland Park made the list.

If all 4 are horrible, what's left to like?

**Lzen** · 07-12-2010, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by kepp

Heh...I'm not really sure. There is a feature on the site that lets you compare a city that isn't on the list with the top 10 in the list. I did that for Columbia, MO and it beat the top 10's averages in almost every category. I'm not saying Columbia is one of the top 10 (or even 50) cities to live in, but its clear they aren't basing the rankings on just the numbers they're listing.

The amount of MUrons per capita probably lowered the score quite a bit.

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