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Originally built around the textile industry, this 32-square-mile city is now known as the home of high-tech companies such as BAE Systems and Oracle. Some Nashua locals make the 50-minute or so commute to Boston for work, but on weekends the traffic often goes the other way, as residents of the big city flock to Nashua's Pheasant Lane Mall or Merrimack Premium Outlets to take advantage of New Hampshire's no-sales-tax policy. --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.
(3) Crime incidences are estimates based on FBI 2011 Universal Crime and incidence reports, OnBoard analysis.
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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