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Gamblers might want to place their bets on this city, home of the well-known Parx Casino and Racetrack. More kid-friendly activities in this township just 20 minutes from Philadelphia include a skate park and the TD Bank Amphitheater, an outdoor park that hosts concerts every Wednesday night from June to October. Love spooky movies? Fans of M. Night Shyamalan note that parts of Signs were filmed at a local warehouse. --D.M.
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Due to erroneous job, cost-of-living, and test score stats for a small number of places, this city's rank changed slightly from an earlier version.
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Due to an error by our data provider, an earlier version listed incorrect stats for this city's number of colleges.
Using statistics from data services company Onboard Informatics, we crunched the numbers in order to zero in on America's best small cities for families. (Last year, we looked at small towns, with populations between 8,500 and 50,000.)
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