<p>With a reasonable COL… Also has a little selection model you can use and find your own top cities based on certain priorities.</p>
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<p>I’m partial [to</a> this ranking](<a href=“http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4625179/]to”>http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4625179/). :)</p>
<p>Dean, they obviously didn’t spend enough time in Abilene</p>
<p>There are so many of these kind of rankings that pretty much every town gets to be in the top 10 on someone’s list.</p>
<p>Barrons, where do they get these median home prices?</p>
<p>In the few places I know, the prices look too low.</p>
<p>Are they counting mobile homes?</p>
<p>barron’s list looks more affordable. HI may be a great place to live, but it is darn expensive!!</p>
<p>Don’t know. Says 3rd Q 2005. Remember in big cities it includes lots of areas you might not prefer but that are very cheap. KC is that way for sure.</p>
<p>Cool. They called Pittsburgh a hidden gem. Just what I called it a few months ago in the places to live for recent grads thread…</p>