Liveability ranked 2000 small to mid-sized cities in the U.S. with populations between 20,000 and 350,000 to come up with their third annual Top 100 Best Places to Live. Newton came in at #42! Cambridge was the only other Massachusetts city to make the list coming in at #99.
Top 10:
- Rochester, Minnesota
- Bellevue, Washington
- Madison, Wisconsin
- Santa Barbara, California
- Boulder, Colorado
- Palo Alto, California
- Bismarck, North Dakota
- Ann Arbor, Michiga
- Iowa City, Iowa
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota.