Best places to live 2005   Best places to live 2005
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Rank Best place Pop.* Nearest city
1 Moorestown, NJ 20,700 Philadelphia
2 Bainbridge Island, WA 21,600 Seattle
3 Naperville, IL 163,900 Chicago
4 Vienna, VA 61,700 Washington, DC
5 Louisville, CO 32,400 Boulder
6 Barrington, RI 16,800 Providence
7 Middleton, WI 21,400 Madison
8 Peachtree City, GA 35,800 Atlanta
9 Chatham, NJ 17,600 New York City
10 Mill Valley, CA 29,200 San Francisco
11 Larchmont, NY 18,200 New York City
12 Greenwich, CT 62,000 Stamford
13 Westwood, MA 14,500 Boston
14 Blue Bell, PA 19,700 Philadelphia
15 Princeton, NJ 48,700 Trenton
16 Chanhassen, MN 22,100 Minneapolis
17 Gaithersburg, MD 132,500 Washington, DC
18 Powell, OH 30,300 Columbus
19 Mequon-Thiensville, WI 23,400 Milwaukee
20 Ellicott City, MD 72,000 Baltimore
21 Yorba Linda, CA 64,400 Los Angeles
22 Delmar, NY 16,300 Albany
23 Papillion, NE 27,400 Omaha
24 Fishers, IN 48,900 Indianapolis
25 Coronado, CA 23,800 San Diego
*The data represent the zip codes associated with the town name. The listed populations often include areas outside an incorporated municipality. For instance, the town of Vienna has a population of 14,900, but 61,700 residents have a Vienna postal address.
Source: OnBoard, Brooklyn.
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