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         So what are the best places in the    Population: 62,630                   7. Lone Tree, CO                     much of a downtown. For com-
         United States, circa 2017—and         "The community is largely Asian—     Median home price: $411,333          muters, there's a train station with
         what makes them so darn livable?      66.9%, according to the 2010 cen-    Median household income:             service to downtown Chicago, a
         1. Fishers, IN                        sus, with 47.7% of Chinese origin.   $116,761                             one-hour trip.

         Median home price: $236,167           4. Franklin, TN                      Population: 14,733
         Median household income: $87,043      Median home price: $433,996          The outdoor lifestyle is also a big   10. Bozeman, MT
         Population: 86,357                    Median household income: $82,334     lure in Lone Tree, the smallest town   Median home price: $313,525
         ...and more development money is      Population: 72,955                   in our Top 10. It sits about an hour   Median household income: $49,303
         pouring into downtown, with $90       The homes in the area are typically   outside Denver by car or light rail   Population: 42,435
         million slated for new projects. One  single-family homes in new sub-      and beats housing prices in the big
         of them is the Yard, a $40 million    divisions, with many more under      city by a mile. Many miles, in fact.  You could come to Bozeman just
         food and entertainment hub that       construction.                        8. North Arlington, NJ               for the gorgeous mountain scen-
         will include 18 restaurants, a hotel,   5. Olive Branch, MS                Median home price: $446,500          ery, and many do—it's a tourist
         and green space for concerts and      Median home price: $185,092          Median household income: $73,885     destination, just 90 minutes from
         wine tastings.                        Median household income: $62,958     Population: 15,563                   Yellowstone and close to several
         2. Allen, TX                          Population: 37,504                   Within 15 minutes of New York        ski resorts. “We sell quite a lot of
         Median home price: $323,676           6. Dickinson, ND                     City's bustling Financial District,   homes to people who fell in love
                                                                                                                         with Bozeman from the airport,"
         Median household income:              Median home price: $227,417          North Arlington offers a small-town   says a real estate broker.
         $104,524                                                                   feel that's appealing to families. The
         Population: 96,045                    Median household income: $71,866     schools are excellent, crime is low,    The average commute takes 13
                                                                                                                         minutes, and about 14% of resi-
                                               Population: 24,771
         A $91 million convention center       North Dakota is surfing the wave     and the 85-acre Riverside County     dents do it on foot or bike. Recent-
         and hotel complex is in the works,    of a current oil boom, and as one of   Park is a great place to get outside.  ly, the tech sector has been blowing
         and there are plans for a 135-acre    the biggest cities in the rural part   9. Schaumburg, IL                  up, with startups popping up all
         mixed-use development that would                                           Median home price: $77,557
         include office space, shopping, resi-  of the state, Dickinson is reap-    Median household income:             over; hometown company Right-
                                                                                                                         Now Technologies got snapped up
                                               ing plenty of the benefits. ... most
         dences, and green spaces.             people spend in the $300,000 range,   $246,500                            in 2011 by Oracle for $1.5 billion.
         3. Monterey Park, CA                  which can get you a four-bedroom,    Population: 77,557                   The area is expected to see 11.4%

         Median home price: $533,083           three-bath home built within the     To the northwest of Chicago,         job growth over the next five years,
         Median household income: $57,419      last decade.                         Schaumburg is a classic bedroom      according to Moody's Analytics.
                                                                                    community that doesn't have
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