"NOYB" wrote in message
link.net...

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On 11 Jul 2005 10:17:36 -0700, wrote:

Uh, oh........Naples, FL wasn't on the list. Can't wait to hear to
excuses......!!!

http://money.cnn.com/best/bplive/index.html

Barrington, RI #3?

BBAAWWWAAAHHHHHHAAAAA!!!!!!!

~~ cough - sputter - gag ~~

Oh man, that was funny. Even funnier was Colchester and Tolland CT.

Well, what do you expect for CNN - they still have their heads up
their collective asses.


I guess I don't need to respond. Shortwave and Harry summed it up pretty
well with their posts.

Their criterea.
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OnBoard maintains a database of nearly 40,000 cities. To narrow our search,
we began by considering only those with population above 14,000,
above-median household income, population growth and real estate
appreciation over the past 5 years.

Those restrictions led to a list of 1,321 places.



From there, we eliminated places that aren't within 60 miles of a major
airport and 30 miles of a major teaching hospital.

We also eliminate towns with low education scores or that fall below the
25th percentile in any two of the following: unemployment, income growth,
crime, or arts resources.

That left 100 towns, which we ranked, weighing economic, education and
safety factors twice as much as arts, leisure and park space.

We limited any metropolitan area to one or two places.

To pick the winners, we culled more data on education, environment, housing
affordability, taxes, commute times and job market. MONEY writers also
interviewed residents and community leaders."

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60 mile to a "major" airport, 30 miles to a "major teaching hospital"
Sounds pretty arbitrary to me. Mileage is not nearly as critical as drive
time.


Kevin is still batting 000