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Family Circle magazine has finally selected their annual Country’s “Top 10 Towns for Families”. The magazine announced the results of a first of its kind investigation to identify the best communities across the country that combine big-city opportunities with suburban charm. Family Circle singled out these small cities, where living costs, commute times and crime rates are low, and the educational system is way above average.

To determine the towns and cities, Family Circle partnered with On Board, a New York City research firm providing real estate and demographic data to assemble a list of 1,850 places with populations between 15,000 and 150,000 and a high concentration of households with an average income of $65,000. From that, 800 localities were selected based on family-friendly criteria, including cost of living, jobs, schools, health care, air quality, green space and crime rate. Family Circle assessed which towns best met those standards and ranked them according to state. The winners were selected from the highest-rated towns in the top 10 states nationwide.

The results appear in the August 2007 issue of Family Circle or online here.