America's 10 Most Enlightened Towns
2 January 2001 - 8:00am
This isn't your typical "best places" tabulation of cities. Utne Reader creates it's own definition of community.
"In the process of selecting [their] Top 10 towns (plus one Canadian city), [the Utne Reader] gave high marks to places that hold together as communities even though they may not score that well on a traditional checklist of advantages and disadvantages." The top 5 include: . Ithaca, NY; Portland, OR; Durham, NC; Burlington, VT; and Madison, WI.
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America's 10 Most Enlightened Towns
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Utne Reader, January 2, 2001
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