Life CNN Money's Top 100 places to live - Page 8

**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

jspchief · 07-13-2010, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by ISUJeff

Why all the hate for Ames on here? Admit it may not deserve top ten, but still it's a great town, even if I'm a little biased.
It doesn't have the nearby attractions of all the suburbs listed, but that's also kind of a selling point, that it is it's own little city by itself.
And white trash? C'mon. It's just a small Iowa city with 30,000 students and a beautiful campus.

Ames has a very small area that I would consider very nice, and small pockets here and there. But overall, that town is scummy.

Brock · 07-13-2010, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by SNR

According to the MOA's website, it employs over 11,000 people year-round and 13,000 during peak periods.

But it's a ****ing mall. How could it possibly something a city can be proud of?

Hey, that's great. Walmart employs a lot of people too, but not too many towns brag about having one.

SDChiefs · 07-13-2010, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by BWillie007

Vegas? 8 out of 10 people I saw in Vegas were either fat or old people. I've been to So Cal twice, and sure if you are in the right area's you will see alot of good looking tail but there are alot of areas as well that you don't see that at all. The common blanket view of people is that Vegas, California, East Coast, Florida is ALL good looking people, and I'm sure that is true to some extent. I haven't been to the East Coast, but to be honest w/ you I saw the most beautiful people out of all my travels in Minneapolis and in Colorado. Most would probably not expect that.

I'm sure there are studys on this kind of thing, but aside from college towns, no where I've ever gone I've really noticed a huge difference...except in the South. I'm not saying KC is the mecca of hotties, but it isn't as bad as people on the coasts and urban legends make it out to be.

My boss is from New York and he lives in San Diego and I asked him who had better looking women. He said they both have good looking women just San Diego has them everywhere. I believe it was Forbes but I could be mistaken listed Miami and San Diego as the best looking people. You can throw a rock and hit a hottie here. Only problem is, they know they are hot.

SDChiefs · 07-13-2010, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by fire_lm

What part of YL have you been to? Its not called the "Land of Gracious Living" for nothing.

To be honest, Im not a huge fan of Orange County to begin with. Its just Yorba Linda struck me as pretty ghetto. More Montebello then Huntington Beach.

SDChiefs · 07-13-2010, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Bugeater

Yeah yeah, that's mostly the same shit any other big city has. I didn't go to Mall of America because the people that I was visiting were sick of going there with everyone who visited. And a shopping mall isn't anything groundbreaking anyway, even if it's the biggest one ever and has a roller coaster in it. It's still a bunch of stores. Whoopee.

And it's not about what Chicago has, it's what Chicago and many other cities don't have and that's the brutal winters.

I'm not really knocking it, I just find it hard to believe that 5 of their suburbs are really in the top 20 places to live in the entire country. Heck my friends that lived up there couldn't wait to get the hell out of there and bailed the first chance they got. That's not exactly a ringing endorsement for a city.

Ive never been to the twin cities except for flying through and I hate them because of it. You have the Mall of America and you still have to have a damn mall in the airport. I had to run for 20 minutes just to have a smoke break in between flights. Not cool.

chiefsnorth · 07-13-2010, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by SDChiefs

Ive never been to the twin cities except for flying through and I hate them because of it. You have the Mall of America and you still have to have a damn mall in the airport. I had to run for 20 minutes just to have a smoke break in between flights. Not cool.

How many airports are there where you can smoke inside the secured area?

SDChiefs · 07-13-2010, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by chiefsnorth

How many airports are there where you can smoke inside the secured area?

I have no clue.

**RealSNR** · 07-13-2010, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Brock

Hey, that's great. Walmart employs a lot of people too, but not too many towns brag about having one.

What Walmart do you know employs 11,000 people?

Brock · 07-13-2010, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by SNR

What Walmart do you know employs 11,000 people?

If there was such a thing, I doubt anybody would brag about it. Look, it's fine, enjoy your monument to people paying too much for bullshit they don't need. Just don't try to tell me that it's a reason to think Minnesota is a great place to live.

58-4ever · 07-13-2010, 05:01 PM

Norman dropped from #6 in 2008? I can't believe Stillwater ranked higher. Stillwater is a shit-hole.

58-4ever · 07-13-2010, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by SNR

What Walmart do you know employs 11,000 people?

Probably a distribution center?

58-4ever · 07-13-2010, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by luv

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

Springfield over Edmond or Norman? Your and idiot.

NewChief · 07-14-2010, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by luv

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

Springfield isn't bad as far as the bars and downtown scene from what I remember during my trips there to see bands. Doesn't beat Fayetteville, though, mainly because we have a major university here. We also have a badass arts scene.

Otter · 07-14-2010, 08:40 AM

I want to bulldoze every politician, illegal alien and radical liberal into the Pacific Ocean and start California over.

Such potential. So much fail.

RunKC · 09-13-2014, 08:41 PM

I've been in Seattle and Portland for vacation this week and it's absolutely amazing up here.
Weather, food, activities. Not crowded.

The great northwest is where it's at. Just ask Mr. flopnuts

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