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Money picked the top 100. Now it’s your turn: Which town will be our fan favorite? Become a fan of your town and it might just make it to No. 1. Results updated monthly.
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| 1. Louisville, CO |  Add me! |
4,256 |
| 2. Chanhassen, MN | Add me! |
2,410 |
| 3. Papillion, NE | Add me! |
1,581 |
| 4. Middleton, WI | Add me! |
1,481 |
| 5. Milton, MA | Add me! |
1,425 |
Where should you consider moving? Go to Facebook and see which of Money's top 5 Best Places to Live best suits you. Take the quiz!
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Just minutes from Boston, Milton, Mass., No. 5 on Money's Best Places to Live, offers a quaint New England lifestyle. Watch -
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Using statistics from data provider Onboard Informatics, we crunched the numbers in order to zero in on America's best small towns for families. (Last year, we looked at small cities, with populations between 50,000 and 300,000.)
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