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To see Texas-style supersizing in action, look no further than Allen High School's new stadium: The $60 million project will welcome as many as 18,000 spectators when it opens for the fall season. When residents aren't cheering for the home team on Friday nights, they can often be found at the Allen Event Center, home to a minor league hockey team. And if your preferred method of exercise is walking from store to store, Allen is home to 5.5 million square feet of retail space. -- Elayna Rose
Due to an error by our data provider, an earlier version listed incorrect stats for this city's number of colleges.
(II) Sales tax notes:
Most of Austin is located within Travis and Williamson counties and is subject to an 8.25 percent sales tax. However, part of the city lies in Hays County and is subject to a total rate of 7.25 percent.
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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