Using Quality of Life factors such as education, crime and “town spirit”, and focusing on towns with between 8,500 and 50,000 residents, CNNMoney ranks the country’s best “small towns”.
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Top 25 Least Expensive U.S. Cities
There are some U.S. towns in which the cost of living remains affordable — and downright cheap — as compared to the national average.
The 50 Most Expensive Small Towns In The United States
In a recent BusinessWeek analysis, it was shown that one-third of the nation’s 50 most expensive small towns experienced a median price increase between 2010 and 2011.
Getting More Educational Bang For Your Housing Buck
A recent joint report from Forbes and GreatSchools debunks a powerful myth in housing. There’s little correlation between Public School Quality and the Median Price Point for a home.
How Does Your Real Estate Tax Bill Compare To Other Parts Of The Country?
Compiling data from the 2009 American Community Survey, the Tax Foundation, a non-partisan educational organization in Washington D.C., published property taxes paid by owner-occupied households, county-by-county.
How Does Your Work Commute Compare To Other Cities?
Whether you live in a “long commute” town like Richmond, NY (40 minutes), or a “short commute” town like King, TX (3.4 minutes), rising gas prices have made commute times and distances relevant to everyone. See commute times for every county in the country.
Rankings : America’s Best Places To Raise A Family (2010)
BusinessWeek recently released its America’s Best Place to Raise a Family list. Chicago suburb Tinley Park, Illinois, topped the list.
How Close Do You Live To America’s Largest Landfills?
Transporting and burying garbage is a $50 billion annual business with an estimated 3,000 landfills in operation across the country, plus an additional 10,000 municipal “dump” sites. How close is the nearest landfill to your home?
America’s Most Expensive ZIP Codes (2010 Edition)
Tiny, tony 91008 — located in Duarte, California — tops the 2010 Forbes list of America’s Most Expensive ZIP Codes.