Best places to live
Between appointments yesterday, I stopped in a grocery store to buy a few items and while standing in the checkout line picked up the latest copy of “Money” magazine. This month’s feature was about the 100 best places to live in country. I knew that El Dorado Hills was ranked in the top 100 so turned to the synopsis. Here are a few facts you may not know about El Dorado most popular zip code.
The median family annual income is $116,406. Job growth between 2000 and 2006 was 32 percent, air quality index shows 71.8 percent of the days ranked good, the average commute time is 29 minutes and within 15 miles the magazine found: 13 movie theaters, 1,572 restaurants, 71 public golf courses, 23 libraries, one museum within 30 miles and 18 ski resorts within 100 miles.
The magazine found that residents are slightly older, have completed more higher education and have a higher rate of marriage and a lower divorce rate and take more vacations than in the average 100 best places to live.
The criteria that “Money” used in selecting the best places to live included: populations with less than 50,000, affordable housing, plentiful leisure activities, cultural options, sunny weather, short commute time and good health care access.
The number one best place to live picked by the Money editors was Middleton Wisconsin. I looked at Middleton, population 17,000. There were some nice pictures of green lawns and cute house but then I read that the average property tax on a $300,000 home was $5,000 a year and the average temperature during the winter was 10 degrees with six to eight feet of snow. Maybe the ranking of the 100 best places to live should be done in January rather than in August.
The median family annual income is $116,406. Job growth between 2000 and 2006 was 32 percent, air quality index shows 71.8 percent of the days ranked good, the average commute time is 29 minutes and within 15 miles the magazine found: 13 movie theaters, 1,572 restaurants, 71 public golf courses, 23 libraries, one museum within 30 miles and 18 ski resorts within 100 miles.
The magazine found that residents are slightly older, have completed more higher education and have a higher rate of marriage and a lower divorce rate and take more vacations than in the average 100 best places to live.
The criteria that “Money” used in selecting the best places to live included: populations with less than 50,000, affordable housing, plentiful leisure activities, cultural options, sunny weather, short commute time and good health care access.
The number one best place to live picked by the Money editors was Middleton Wisconsin. I looked at Middleton, population 17,000. There were some nice pictures of green lawns and cute house but then I read that the average property tax on a $300,000 home was $5,000 a year and the average temperature during the winter was 10 degrees with six to eight feet of snow. Maybe the ranking of the 100 best places to live should be done in January rather than in August.
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