The 100 best places to raise a family

More: The ten worse.


Television leaders have seized the idea for a long time: American families enjoy their roots. Cunninghams, Milwaukee. The Simpsons, Springfield. But fathers face reality when they are not in full time. They want to raise their children somewhere safely, where they can attend good schools with favorable student-teacher ratios, test scores above average and respectable budgets. Many museums, parks and pediatricians also contribute to good quality of life, while Multihour moves, dear homes and friends and neighbors who divorce do not do it.Better life Publishers have used these categories and data from the United States Census Bureau, the National Center for Education Statistics, FBI, the American Museum Association, the National Center for Statistics on Health and the Health. American Bar Association to evaluate 257 cities. Here are the best and worst places to raise a family. And for bigger tips on the best way to do the best father possible, here'sHow to raise your dad game.

1 / Honolulu, Hawaii: Schools spend nearly $ 9,000 per student, unemployment ranks less than half of the national average, and you can play on the 125 beaches of O'ahu.
2 / Virginia Beach, Virginia
3 / Billings, Montana
4 / Columbus, Georgia
5 / San Diego, California
6 / monks, Iowa
7 / Minneapolis, Minnesota
8 / Madison, Wisconsin
9 / Colorado Springs, Colorado
10 / Santa Rosa, California
11 / Wichita, Kansas
12 / Los Angeles, California
13 / Corona, California
14 / Austin, Texas
15 / Stamford, Connecticut
16 / Omaha, Nebraska
17 / Naperville, Illinois
18 / Fort Wayne, Indiana
19 / Springfield, Illinois
20 / Boise, Idaho
21 / Manchester, New Hampshire
22 / South Bay Region, California
23 / New York, New York
24 / Fontana, California
25 / Louisville, Kentucky
26 / Plano, Texas
27 / Oceanside, California
28 / Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
29 / Sacramento, California
30 / Ann Arbor, Michigan
31 / RENO, Nevada
32 / Las Vegas, Nevada
33 / Lincoln, Nebraska
34 / San Bernardino, California
35 / Grand Rapids, Michigan
36 / Raleigh-Durham
37 / Kansas City, Kansas
38 / Fremont, California
39 / Buffalo, New York
40 / Berkeley, California
41 / Cambridge, Massachusetts
42 / Kansas City, Missouri
43 / Waterbury, Connecticut
44 / Syracuse, New York
45 / Phoenix, Arizona
46 / Albuquerque, New Mexico
47 / Akron, Ohio
48 / Boston, Massachusetts
49 / Escondido, California
50 / Fairfield, California
51 / Antioch, California
52 / Elgin, Illinois
53 / Rochester, New York
54 / Seattle, Washington
55 / Tucson, Arizona
56 / Santa Clarita, California
57 / Denver, Colorado
58 / Indianapolis, Indiana
59 / Glendale, Arizona
60 / Chicago, Illinois
61 / Atlanta, Georgia
62 / San Antonio, Texas
63 / Mobile, Alabama
64 / CONCORD, California
65 / Denton, Texas
66 / Coral Springs, Florida
67 / San Francisco, California
68 / Cedar Rapids, Iowa
69 / El Paso, Texas
70 / San Buenaventura, California
71 / Worcester, Massachusetts
72 / Baltimore, Maryland
73 / Richmond, California
74 / Lowell, Massachusetts
75 / Portland, Oregon
76 / Jacksonville, Florida
77 / Fort Collins, Colorado
78 / Orlando, Florida
79 / Modesto, California
80 / Montgomery, Alabama
81 / Tampa, Florida
82 / Salinas, California
83 / Newport News, Virginia
84 / Oakland, California
85 / Augusta, Georgia
86 / Fort Worth, Texas
87 / Washington, D.C.
88 / Tulsa, Oklahoma
89 / Bellevue, Washington
90 / Cincinnati, Ohio
91 / McKinney, Texas
92 / St. Louis, Missouri
93 / HAYWARD, CALIFORNIA
94 / Midland, Texas
95 / Sterling Heights, Michigan
96 / GREENSBORO, North Carolina
97 / Arlington, Texas
98 / Alexandria, Virginia
99 / Winston-Salem, North Carolina
100 / Lexington, Kentucky

The 10 worst locations for raising a family (best at worst)

10 / Springfield, Missouri
9 / Dayton, Ohio
8 / Corpus Christi, Texas
7 / FLINT, Michigan
6 / Columbia, South Carolina
5 / Waco, Texas
4 / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
3 / Fayetteville, North Carolina
2 / Beaumont, Texas
1 / Clarksville, Tennessee

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Categories: Health
Tags: family / kids / Parenthood
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