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BusinessWeek names Huntington among best places to raise kids
HUNTINGTON -- BusinessWeek magazine published Tuesday, Nov. 17, its fourth annual ranking of the "Best Places to Raise Your Kids," and Huntington was listed as the best place to raise kids in West Virginia.
Partnering with OnBoard Informatics, a New York-based provider of real estate analysis, BusinessWeek selected one town and two runners-up for each of the 50 states.
To compile the ranking, BusinessWeek limited the study to towns that have at least 45,000 residents and a median income of between $40,000 and $125,000. Categories analyzed included school performance, number of schools, household expenditures, crime rates, air quality, job growth, family income, museums, parks, theaters, other amenities and diversity.
Affordability, safety and school test scores were given the greatest weight. The Chicago suburb of Tinley Park, Ill., won the nation's overall best ranking this year.
Check out the list at BusinessWeek.com at http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/11/1117_best_places_to_raise_kids/index.htm .
