{"id":860,"date":"2021-05-12T11:50:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T18:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.igenhome.local\/real-estate-and-more\/best-places-to-live\/"},"modified":"2021-05-12T11:50:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T18:50:00","slug":"best-places-to-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/best-places-to-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Best U.S. Cities to Consider Moving To"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US News recently published their list of 150 Best Places to Live. Most of the winners are small cities \u2013 Reno, NV, came in #38 and with a population of less than half a million people. (Green Bay, WI, and South Bend, IN, tied for the smallest with populations of less than 321,000 people.)<br \/>\nAt first glance, small population size and relative obscurity are all these 150 cities appear to have in common \u2013 they\u2019re scattered all over the country and small populations sometimes heighten specific regional habits\/characteristics. But upon reading the brief profiles of each town, a couple of very important points immediately begin to surface: they\u2019re all economically better off than their nearest big-city counterparts, and they all boast of having fantastic schools.<br \/>\nSome of us, of course, are never going to give up the glamour of San Francisco or New York. But if you\u2019re on the fence, there are plenty of good solid reasons to downsize on the glitz and upgrade on stability \u2013 and this is particularly true if you\u2019re about to make the transition from renting to owning. You can find <a href=\"https:\/\/realestate.usnews.com\/places\/rankings\/best-places-to-live\">U.S. News full list here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US News recently published their list of 150 Best Places to Live. Most of the winners are small cities \u2013 Reno, NV, came in #38 and with a population of less than half a million people. (Green Bay, WI, and South Bend, IN, tied for the smallest with populations of less than 321,000 people.) At first glance, small population size and relative obscurity are all these 150 cities appear to have in common \u2013 they\u2019re scattered all over the country and small populations sometimes heighten specific regional habits\/characteristics. 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