100 Best places to live and launch 2008

States

Rank	City	Population
43	Blacksburg	40,161
18	Charlottesville	40,877
31	Leesburg	46,645
14	Virginia Beach	445,875

From the April 2008 issue

Best places to live and launch

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State	No. of best places
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Alabama	1
Alaska	0
Arizona	3
Arkansas	1
California	9
Colorado	4
Connecticut	2
Delaware	1
District of Columbia	0
Florida	5
Georgia	2
Hawaii	1
Idaho	2
Illinois	1
Indiana	2
Iowa	3
Kansas	0
Kentucky	0
Louisiana	0
Maine	1
Maryland	2
Massachusetts	3
Michigan	1
Minnesota	3
Mississippi	0
Missouri	2
Montana	2
Nebraska	1
Nevada	2
New Hampshire	1
New Jersey	2
New Mexico	2
New York	3
North Carolina	6
North Dakota	1
Ohio	1
Oklahoma	1
Oregon	4
Pennsylvania	4
Rhode Island	1
South Carolina	1
South Dakota	1
Tennessee	1
Texas	4
Utah	1
Vermont	1
Virginia	4
Washington	4
West Virginia	0
Wisconsin	2
Wyoming	1

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