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America’s Best Places To Raise A Family do you live in one?

Reblogger Dan Mullarkey
Real Estate Agent with West USA Realty

Great article Mark, it's a shame Arizona didn't make the list. Being a Phoenix native, I am obviously a bit partial to Arizona...if you'd like to see why Arizona is so great, please call me.

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America’s Best Places To Raise A Family, Listed By State do you live in one? 

Great Places To Raise A FamilyBusinessWeek recently released its 2011 America’s Best Place to Raise a Family rankings. College-town Blacksburg, Virginia took top honors, breaking a 2-year win streak for the Chicago, Illinois region.

In 2009, suburban Mount Prospect, Illinois placed first. Last year, it was Tinley Park, Illinois.

The BusinessWeek report employs data from real estate information firm Onboard Informatics to make its rankings, compiling data across categories such as education, crime, and jobs plus access to parks and affordable homes. All selections are limited by population; all selections are home to 50,000 residents or fewer. Median incomes are within 20 percent — plus or minus — of the state’s median income levels.

BusinessWeek names one winner in each state. The winners in the 10 most populous states and their nearest “big city” are listed below

  1. California : East San Gabriel (Los Angeles)
  2. Texas : Wells Branch (Austin)
  3. New York : Hampton Manor (Albany)
  4. Florida : Niceville (Fort Walton Beach)
  5. Illinois : Morton Grove (Chicago)
  6. Pennsylvania : Cecil-Bishop (Pittsburgh)
  7. Ohio : St. Henry (Dayton)
  8. Michigan : Spring Arbor (Jackson)
  9. Georgia : Hoschton (Atlanta)
  10. North Carolina : Tryon (Spartanburg, SC)

The winners in all 50 states can be found on the BusinessWeek website.

Rankings like the BusinessWeek America’s Best Place to Raise a Family can be useful for home buyers in Scottsdale , but like everything in real estate, statistics do not apply to every home equally. Even within the “best towns”, there are areas in which school systems are better, crime figures are lower, and amenities are more plentiful.

Therefore, before you make the decision to buy a home, talk with a real estate agent who has local market knowledge. It’s the most effective means to get data that matters to you.  And if you ar ereading this and don't have one I belong to a great network in ActiveRain and would be happy to refer a Realtor® to you.

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Jeremy Peterson
Vesta Real Estate - Ogden, UT

I could have sworn that Utah would be in the top 10.  Tisk tisk. 

 

Dec 13, 2011 04:10 AM
Delores Campbell
Keller Williams Realty - Chesterfield - Wildwood, MO
Your St. Louis Real Estate Resource

I would have to agree that Arizona should have been on the list.  My husband grew up in Buckeye, AZ and it is always great to get back to the area and visit his family. 

Dec 13, 2011 05:29 AM