| Each year, Money magazine rates hundreds
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| | city on the list in population, at
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| of American cities in order to help folks
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| | 369,800. Coming in second was Austin,
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| who may be yearning to move be able to
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| | Texas (690,300), followed by Mesa,
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| find the best new place to settle. The
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| | Arizona (442,800).The top ten list of big
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| magazine compiles statistics on various
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| | cities was rounded out by Raleigh, North
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| factors, such as housing affordability,
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| | Carolina (341,500); San Diego, California
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| job growth, commute time, schools,
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| | (1,255,500); Virginia Beach, Virginia
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| weather, access to health care, leisure
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| | (438,400); Omaha, Nebraska (414,500);
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| pursuit possibilities, crime rate, and
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| | Wichita, Kansas (354,900); and New York,
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| quality of life, and then publishes its
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| | New York (8,143,200).Since many people
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| findings once a year.For the year 2006,
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| | are concerned about crime, Money ranked
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| the overall winner was Fort Collins,
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| | cities according to crime rates, and the
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| Colorado, followed by Naperville,
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| | safest city in America turned out to be
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| Illinois, and Sugar Land, Texas. Money
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| | Wayne, New Jersey, followed by a pair of
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| magazine was especially impressed by the
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| | Connecticut towns, Fairfield and
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| many parks in Fort Collins, including
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| | Greenwich. Two Nevada towns, Paradise and
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| some sixty miles of biking and hiking
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| | Sunrise Manor, were next, and the rest of
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| trails in a town of 128,000 people
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| | the top ten was comprised of another
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| located some 5,000 feet up in the Rocky
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| | Connecticut town (Manchester, 7th); and
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| Mountains. There are plenty of jobs in
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| | four more New Jersey cities (East
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| Fort Collins, too, with giant companies
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| | Brunswick, 6th; Cherry Hill, 8th, Edison,
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| like HP, Eastman Kodak, and Agilent
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| | 9th, and Hamilton, 10th).If you're single
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| Technologies maintaining a large presence
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| | and yearn to live in a city with lots of
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| in town. Fort Collins is also the home of
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| | other single people, Money magazine's
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| Colorado St. University and Poudre Valley
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| | data suggests moving to Bloomington,
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| Hospital, which provide 10,000 more jobs
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| | Indiana, where 58.2% of the population is
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| between them.Rounding out the rest of the
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| | unattached. There were nine other
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| top ten most livable American towns were:
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| | American towns in which more than half
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| Columbia/Ellicott City, Maryland; Cary,
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| | the residents were single, including New
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| North Carolina; Overland Park, Kansas;
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| | Brunswick, New Jersey (54.6%); College
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| Scottsdale, Arizona; Boise, Idaho;
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| | Station, Texas (54.3%); Ames (52.5%) and
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| Fairfield, Connecticut; and Eden Prairie,
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| | Iowa City (52%), Iowa; Cambridge (52%),
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| Minnesota.Money magazine also rates the
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| | Somerville (51.3%), and Boston (50.4%),
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| country's largest cities annually, as
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| | Massachusetts; Berkeley, California
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| well, and publishes a separate list of
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| | (50.3%); and Champaign, Illinois
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| America's top ten most livable big
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| | (50.2%).If you're thinking about
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| cities. This year's winner was Colorado
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| | relocating, there are many factors to
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| Springs, Colorado, making it a clean
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| | consider. Explore your options and make
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| sweep for the Centennial State, although
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| | your own list of priorities.
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| Colorado Springs was the second smallest
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