Ten Great Places to Live

10 Great Places to Live describes not only offers specific towns to consider as a future home, but also describes what makes a city a great place to live. The Kiplinger organization provides a valuable service by presenting both the places and the criteria for great places to live. For small cities and towns planning their future, the criteria can be a useful guideline, and includes: good jobs, reasonably priced homes, decent schools, great health care and manageable size as essential parts of the mix. Kiplinger started with metro areas that have a population of 1 million or less and came up with a list of cities that met those criteria. The economic development activities of every small city and town should include efforts to be ranked on some list, any list, or superlatives. Families and businesses consult these rankings when looking for a new location for their residence, business or vacation.