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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 12:42 PM
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Turtlensue! My home town is the eighth best city to live in the US.
Edited on Fri Jul-18-08 12:44 PM by madinmaryland
I noticed yours ranks 29th!!

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2008/top100/

:D
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 12:50 PM
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1. Well technically I live in Germantown currently
But thats pretty cool to see Gburg (where I grew up) rated pretty highly.
Ellicott City and Columbia 8th hmm. How many times did you vote in that poll anyway?;-)
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 01:07 PM
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10. Need you ask!
:D
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arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 01:08 PM
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12. Say hello to Michelle Malkin.
Edited on Fri Jul-18-08 01:08 PM by arcadian
She's one of your neighbors
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 01:40 PM
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17. Ick.
I didn't need to know that. Well she's out numbered here by liberals 3-1....
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 03:54 PM
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28. That makes you number 81
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2008/top100/index4.html

but fear not. All is not lost. Coming in at No. 99...

Midlothian, VA.

Obviously access to recreational activities such as bunco was not among the criteria used. :-)
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 03:56 PM
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29. Heh Heh! I wasn't the one who said that!!1!!
:rofl:
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 12:51 PM
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2. How the hell MasterPlanistan got #4 confuses me greatly.
:wtf:
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 01:01 PM
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3. Is Irvine a planned community also??
Columbia did not exist until 1965.

:shrug:
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 01:03 PM
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4. Yes, Irvine is a planned community.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irvine,_California
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 01:08 PM
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11. without even looking, that sounds like Irvine to me
:rofl:
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 01:11 PM
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14. Yes,
I make it a point to get out of Irvine whenever I can.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 01:39 PM
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16. Not to mention Roseville
I think the people at Money magazine saved some scrilla and bought some ROCKS instead of the good POWDER this month, 'cause there's no other way I can explain this list.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 01:51 PM
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20. I have never been to Roseville, CA before
Roseville, MN is nice, maybe they got the two confused.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 01:58 PM
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22. I noticed Rochester, MN made the top 100.
From my visit there, I would have to agree. Seems like a nice city to live in
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 02:03 PM
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23. Yeah, how Irvine beat out Rochester is a big mystery to me.
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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 01:04 PM
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5. So is it Ellicott City that is picking up Columbia's slack, or visa versa?
Inquiring minds want to know.
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 01:06 PM
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7. We left all the government stuff in Ellicott city.
It must be the Laurel part that is a drag on us.
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PBS Poll-435 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 01:05 PM
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6. ROFL at Carrollton, TX #15
It is the nasty mole on the right boob of the chest that is the D-FW metroplex.
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PBS Poll-435 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 01:07 PM
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9. and W00t at my town. #18!
Those free dog poop baggies at the city parks are REALLY paying dividends!
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musette_sf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 01:49 PM
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19. you have to be kidding
i spent the better, or actually the worst, part of summer 2005 in Carrollton. I'm afraid there is simply nothing to recommend it.

fortunately there was a plane ticket back to SF every weekend as part of the deal.
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 01:06 PM
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8. Mine's not on the list!
:cry:
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 01:10 PM
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13. Nice to see MS ranking on up there!
:rofl:

Not even one little town in MS? Not one?
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PVnRT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 01:23 PM
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15. I suppose Fishers, IN, should be #10
After all, you pretty much have to have a six-figure income to afford to live there.
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 01:48 PM
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18. woo hoo! my town is 51!
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2008/snapshots/CS3429310.html

In fact NJ contains 1/10th of the top 100 places to live, not bad for the Turnpike and petrochemical state :P
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 01:56 PM
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21. Hey Germantown made the list too...
Number 81. Interesting...
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 02:25 PM
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27. We're still #8!!!
:woohoo:
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ccinamon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 02:13 PM
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24. I live in the 34th....
who would EVER thought little old Euless, TX would make ANY top 100 list?

Must be the close proximity to the highways and healthcare, and the relatively low cost of housing.
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 02:14 PM
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25. That list is full of crap!
Sterling Heights, MI=61
Grosse Pointe=Not on list!
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Tikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 02:23 PM
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26. Here is why I live...
Even though it didn't make the top 100...it made the list of 'other' best towns in California
and here is why....
Camarillo, CA...

Annual rainfall (inches)
My Hometown 16.73
Best cities average 36.17

% clear days in the area
My Hometown 40
Best cities average 30

High temp in July
My Hometown F 79.7°
Best cities average F 87.8°

Low temp in January
My Hometown F 42.8°
Best cities average F 22.9°

It's all about the weather for me...
Tikki
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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 03:58 PM
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30. yeah well
Edited on Fri Jul-18-08 04:02 PM by jasonc
Plymouth MN is #1, a suburb to the metro area I live in, as is Apple Valley, MN at 24.

What do you have to say to that?

I bet if I looked further down the list, I would find MANY more Minnesota towns...

edit: in fact there is quite a chunk of the metro area on that list, as long as you are a republican, you can live in those suburbs...
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 04:52 PM
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31. and there are quite a few towns near me on that list
Most of which are actually pretty liberal...:shrug:
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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 09:18 PM
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35. You are lucky
here, the suburbs are very republican, except for maybe Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn Center, and definitely Edina/St Louis park area.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-19-08 05:48 AM
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40. Yeah MD is funny that way
For the most part, the wealthier parts of the state are the more liberal..Go figure.
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 05:12 PM
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32. are you guys still arguing over what part of Maryland is best?
:boring:
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 11:02 PM
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36. It's like arguing over which was the best episode of "Joanie Loves Chachi."
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-19-08 05:50 AM
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41. Nice post, Richie Cunningham!
Geez..you are getting as bad as Creekdog...:P
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 11:38 PM
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38. Yep. But we are ALL still pissed that erhlich was spying on us!
:grr:

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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 08:07 PM
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33. i still don't get why my town is #2
Edited on Fri Jul-18-08 08:07 PM by kagehime
or why it was #1 a few years ago. it's too white (there's a reason we call it vanilla valley ), too boring, lacks great food (there are some good places, but not a whole lot that i would call fantastic), has horrible public transportation and we're overrun by idiot college kids for nine months of the year.

yeah, we have a beautiful view, access to the mountains and fantastic microbreweries, but it sucks here
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 08:10 PM
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34. I live an hour from no. 3, and I'd stick sharp things in my eyes before I'd live there.
It's the ultimate consumerist uninteresting suburb. And pretty red, I understand. I'm curious about the qualities they were looking for--"gimongus strip malls" and McMansions must've weighed heavily.
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OmahaBlueDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 11:25 PM
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37. A deeply flawed ranking!
Columbia's ranking over Gaithersburg is flawed by any objective measure. Gaithersburg has a Roy Rogers; Columbia does not. Case closed, end of discussion, game/set/match Turtlensue!

By the way, this list has my town (and OmahaSteve's and Lil Missy's)at #3.

http://www.kiplinger.com/magazine/archives/2008/07/2008-best-cities-to-live-work-play.html
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Lethe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-19-08 12:26 AM
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39. I'm sorry but I wouldn't want to live in any of those cities in Texas on the list
Round Rock, TX is in the Top 10....Round Rock!!

That place is the biggest suburban stripmall wasteland piece of shit Michael Dell owned hog latrine that ever existed.
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