GATORS WIN AGAIN

Authors Bert Sperling and Peter Sander have named Gainesville the best place to live in the United States, identifying the college town as No. 1 out of 375 metropolitan areas in the latest edition of their book, “Cities Ranked & Rated.” Despite hot and humid summers, and a high rate of violent crime, Gainesville scored high in several other areas, with the authors lauding its “strong concentration of young people and active retirees.” Sperling and Sander considered cost of living, quality of life, climate, commute times, affordable housing, crime, growth and sprawl in calculating rankings. The remaining cities in the top 10 are, in order, Bellingham, Wash.; Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, Ore.-Wash.; Colorado Springs, Colo.; Ann Arbor, Mich.; Ogden-Clearfield, Utah; Asheville, N.C.; Fort Collins-Loveland, Colo.; San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, Calif.; and Boise City-Nampa, Idaho.

Source: USA Today (05/07/07) Minzesheimer, Bob
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