America's 10 Best Places to Grow Up

YahooNews ^ | Thu Aug 20 2009 | Luke Mullins

[Daffynition]

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Here's our list of America's 10 Best Places to Grow Up:

--Virginia Beach, Va.

--Madison, Ala.

--San Jose, Calif.

--Overland Park, Kan.

--Boston

--Denver

--Rochester, Minn.

--Cedar Rapids, Iowa

--Plano, Texas

--Edison, N.J.

[Daffynition]

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[Always Right]

Madison, Ala.

That abbreviation narrows it down to two states.

[manc]

Boston
HUH

air pollution, crime, Boston center is hardly anything to do, lady told me in the north end that all the Italian families have moved out due to it not being a good place to raise kids

[kittymyrib]

I suppose the rash of teen suicides in Plano has abated. Strange list.

[mylife]

San Jose Ca? Plano Tx?

What a load of BS Plano has heroin running rampant in the schools

[Tax-chick]

We lived in Virginia Beach from my 7th-grade year until I left for college, and my parents were there a few more years before they moved to D.C. It was pretty nice: pleasant weather, safe, pretty good schools, easy to bicycle places.

[Future Snake Eater]

Chicago?

New York City?

San Francisco?

Gary, Indiana?

Newark?

Man, what a crappy list.

[Future Snake Eater]

Oh, and Detroit.

[Marysecretary]

Central New York is one of the best places to raise a family. Yes, taxes are high but crime is low in the rural areas and living is good.

[Prodigal Son]

Ala. is one of the official abbreviations of Alabama.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_abbreviations

[Vermont Lt]

Detroit is good because kids can buy a house with their allowances.

[taillightchaser]

I wouldn’t raise a dog in San Jose. Another California cesspool.

[Future Snake Eater]

And then right afterwards, the kids can take a fun ride on a cool bulldozer!

[Daffynition]

Boston isn't so bad ........you'd have to afford a private school for your kids though.

The North End sure has changed since the government center, et al was put in ..........but Joe Tecce's [not the original though] is still there!

[Clemenza]

Edison? Yeah, I want to live in a sprawling orgy of traffic, cookie-cutter houses, MORE traffic, and curry joints. Its a fine place if your prior home was in Hyderabad or Mumbai.

I think, within five years, Edison will collapse and smother the tiny borough of Metuchen, which is surrounded on all sides by the monstrosity that is Edison.

[mowowie]

I grew up outside of Boston.

Wow i’m a lucky guy!!

[Clemenza]

lady told me in the north end that all the Italian families have moved out due to it not being a good place to raise kids

The real reason they left is that yuppies offered the aging Italians $700K+ for brick row homes. It had more to do with money and the increased cost of living than anything else.

[Clemenza]

You also have fine Riesling in the Finger Lakes! Just stay away from Ithaca.

[luckystarmom]

Almaden Valley in San Jose is lovely. It’s where I live, and I grew up in Dallas.

The crime rate is extremely low, and it’s very pretty. There is a trail right near our house that hooks up with trails all around the bay area. You can ride your bike for miles and miles. It’s also a very short walk to Almaden Lake.

The public schools are terrible, but the private ones are good. There are also plenty of nice churches. The people are friendly.

It’s just very, very, very expensive to live here.

[Raider Sam]

Garland, Tx. Much better than Plano, we have state championships in multiple sports :) But in reality, all the northern suburbs are pretty good.