Best places to live 2005   Best places to live 2005
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Rank Best place Pop.* Nearest city
26 Saratoga, CA 30,600 San Jose
27 Redmond, WA 64,000 Seattle
28 Wexford, PA 18,300 Pittsburgh
29 Tolland, CT 14,400 Hartford
30 Overland Park, KS 160,400 Kansas City
31 Hopewell Junction, NY 24,100 New York City
32 Evans, GA 27,600 Augusta, GA
33 Yorktown, VA 41,800 Newport News, VA
34 Cary, NC 115,300 Raleigh
35 Scottsdale, AZ 289,400 Phoenix
36 Westborough, MA 19,600 Worcester, MA
37 Midlothian, VA 74,300 Richmond
38 Olive Branch, MS 35,000 Memphis
39 Rochester, MI 92,100 Detroit
40 Colleyville, TX 22,600 Dallas
41 East Amherst, NY 18,500 Buffalo
42 Solon, OH 22,200 Cleveland
43 Saline, MI 19,600 Ann Arbor
44 West Linn, OR 26,900 Portland, OR
45 West Chester, OH 58,100 Cincinnati
46 Sugar Land, TX 134,700 Houston
47 Hudson, OH 24,200 Akron
48 Boerne, TX 29,400 San Antonio
49 Merrimack, NH 27,200 Manchester, NH
50 Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 35,400 Jacksonville
*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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