Best places to live 2005   Best places to live 2005
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Rank Best place Pop.* Nearest city
51 Centerville, UT 15,200 Salt Lake City
52 Crestwood, KY 16,700 Louisville, KY
53 Urbandale, IA 36,800 Des Moines
54 American Fork, UT 33,700 Provo, UT
55 Madison, MS 26,400 Jackson, MS
56 Trussville, AL 19,700 Birmingham
57 Colchester, CT 16,000 Hartford
58 Franklin, TN 77,900 Nashville
59 Hockessin, DE 17,200 Philadelphia
60 Riverton, UT 36,100 Salt Lake City
61 Hummelstown, PA 19,600 Baltimore
62 Fairport, NY 41,200 Rochester, NY
63 Lutz, FL 52,700 Tampa
64 Ballwin, MO 94,100 St. Louis, Mo.
65 Aptos, CA 23,600 San Jose
66 Santa Barbara, CA 134,800 Los Angeles
67 New Milford, CT 26,800 Waterbury, CT
68 Chino Hills, CA 77,500 Pomona, CA
69 Uniontown, OH 24,300 Akron
70 Hollywood, FL 416,600 Miami
71 Newbury Park, CA 39,200 Thousand Oaks
72 Hackettstown, NJ 28,700 Allentown, PA
73 Rochester, MN 105,900 Minneapolis
74 Meridian, ID 52,900 Boise City, Idaho
75 DeWitt, MI 14,800 Lansing
*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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