Don't look now but BusinessWeek has put out another List. BusinessWeek has the uneviable task of coming up with only 20 suburbs in the North and 20 in the south that are affordable. I'm not entirely sure how Roswell made it into the top 20 or how other cities in Georgia missed the cut, but I certainly feel slighted here. Roswell is a great community, don't get me wrong, but there are several communities in Georgia such as Duluth, Lawrenceville, Dacula, Suwanee, Alpharetta, Buford, Kennesaw, that have equal or better options than the ones the selected from NC, SC or AL.
Yes, I am bias, I have no qualms admitting that, I guess I expected a more thorough analysis coming from a magazine that basically just wanted to publish a slide show, but come on, Tyler,TX - ? Weston, FL? How any city from Florida got listed on an affordability article is ridiculous. However, if bestplaces.net paid for the spot, and they said it, it must be true.
It's also worth noting that the top 8 or so cities have crime indices in the 80's, while Roswell and other notables have them in the 30's. No wonder, those cities are affordable.
Here's a link to the article, read it for yourself and decide: BusinessWeek Article
Next week, I'll put out my own list of cities with high crime and low cost of living. I'll be sure to hit martha up and some other sponsors as well.
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