Money Magazine Best Places to Live in Massachusetts
Most Singles
Criteria Used
The list is made up of "U.S. cities that have populations of 50,000 to 300,000," according to Money Magazine.
Money Magazine Best Places to Live in Massachusetts
Of the towns on the Money Magazine Best Places to Live in Massachusetts, none of them are in the top 40. The only three locations to make the list are Newton, Waltham and Brookline. The Massachusetts cities which have made the list are all in the Eastern part of the state.
The best places to live in Massachusetts, according to Money Magazine are:
Newton #49
Newton, Massachusetts, a college town, is the highest ranking Massachusetts city on the list. Working its favor, is the college town atmosphere, which provides ample shopping and community activities.
Waltham #72
Waltham, Massachusetts is another college town to make the list. Home to Brandeis University and Bentley College, Waltham, Massachusetts is near Boston.
Brookline #87
Brookline gives residents the best of Boston, without actually living in Boston.
Most Singles: Massachusetts
Three of the top five cities in the United States with the most singles are in Massachusetts, according to Money Magazine Best Places to Live. These cities have a large number of singles due to having a large college and university population.
Cambridge, Massachusetts is listed as the city with the highest number of singles in the United States. It follows behind Hoboken, New Jersey. Cambridge Massachusetts is made up of 52.4 percent singles. Cambridge, Massachusetts is home to Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Following close behind Cambridge, Massachusetts in singles is Somerville, Massachusetts with a population that is made up of 51.4% singles. Boston makes number five, with 50.3% singles in the city's population.
Youngest: Amherst, MA #7
Due to the existence of five colleges in the area, including two in Amherst, it's no surprise that Amherst, Massachusetts ranks number seven on the list of cities with youngest population.
Money Magazine Best Places to Live in New England Towns
In addition to the Money Magazine Best Places to Live in Massachusetts, other New England towns received some recognition. The only Connecticut town to make the Top 100 Money Magazine Best Places to Live is West Hartford, ranked at #76.
Top Earning: New Canann, CT
New Canann, CT made the Money Magazine list of Top Earning cities, as number one, with a median income of $231,138. Second on list of Top Earning cities is also in Connecticut, Darien. Darien has a median income of $218,130.
New England, Do You Agree?
Residents in the New England states of Massachusetts and Connecticut cannot feel too bad for having such a small showing on the list. None of the other New England states made the top 100 list. There are no cities in Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island Vermont, on the 2008 Money Magazine Best Places to Live.
Sources
Money Magazine, Best Places to Live 2008, http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2008/snapshots/PL2509210.html
Published by Pam Gaulin - Featured Contributor in Arts & Entertainment and Lifestyle
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15 Comments
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My brother lives in Andover, MA. That is also a nice area to live in.
Great reporting as usual Pam. I've been MIA a while and just now getting into the swing of things. Sad to see so few New England spots mentioned. I'm in Georgia now but miss New England!!!
Great article, by the way. Forgot to add kudos to my commentary. :)
I absolutely get Brookline and Newton making this list, but am incredibly surprised about Waltham. I have friends who live there and find it to be a mixed experience overall. It is a city in transition in many ways. Waltham is certainly much more affordable than Newton and Brookline. It has that going for it, for sure.
Interesting. There is a certain coziness to college towns.
Great reporting!
Massachusetts is the spirit of America...
Very interesting choices. I have lived in several of them and they are all fairly wealthy college towns. So which population are they looking at, the execs or the preppies? :)
Excellent piece.