Best places to live in America

[takncarabizniz]

Does your area make the list?
 
http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/100-best-places-to-live-in-america-2010-edition
 
I can tell you for a fact that the Bellevue listing is skewed...there is no real "Bellevue" anymore, it's just a dot on a map, surrounded by a million of your closest friends...the schools have a great reputation, made several national best lists, but how they do it, remains a mystery because every other district around them is struggling.  Crime?  Well, the city confines of Bellevue are quite small, but the unicorporated areas have just as much crime as Seattle and other areas, they just don't get counted because, well, they are unincorporated...traffic?  Let's not even go there...literally...I mean it.  I-405 is a mess and trying to traverse the downtown corridor is a nightmare...
 
But hey, somewhere in WA made the list...woo hoo...I would think one of our peninsula neighbors would have been much more inviting, but without jobs..well...

[nannat6]

Nope, no where I have ever lived or going to live made the list..........but I have lived in some great places......

[Griobhtha]

We had a friend that lived on Bainbridge Island, and I loved visiting there. He lived in an old canery on the water, tht had been made into apartments.  He lived there until his deth 5 years ago. Another fav was Port townsend with that Fort Worden State Park.

[topgear]

3 of the top 5 claim bad traffic. That's a killer for me right there. I have to agree with Fort Collins, Co., though, wondeful town. I lived one town south, in Loveland, for 10 years and it's a terrific area to raise a family.

[emilyB]

It didn't make the list but that's why it's the best kept secret!

[mudslinger]

The list is phoney, they had a complete different set of towns last year, towns don't change in a year.