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This book offers exclusive, current information on the top 50 "family friendly" American communities, providing the facts on school systems, lesiure and recreational activities, the "personality" of the communities, standards of living, and more. "A relocator's dream."--Booklist.

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  • Paperback: 359 pages
  • Publisher: Career Press; 2 Sub edition (February 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1564142612
  • ISBN-13: 978-1564142610
  • Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.1 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #847,599 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Inaccurate and way too subjective, October 11, 2003
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We visited 10 of the communities listed, and are quite familiar with seven more of them. First, the authors seem to have a preference for non-pedestrian-friendly, car-oriented suburban sprawl. Second, I don't know where they got their info. We went so far as to move to one of the communities listed in the book, and after we got there we found out that the "excellent public schools" cited by these authors were ranked 48th in the country, and that there was very little for children to do. Health care was rated 47th in the country and was subpar, expensive and difficult to obtain. Not only that, the community was not friendly or welcoming to outsiders, and it was a most decidedly un-family-oriented environment. We stayed a year and left this town. We had not gone only on the basis of this book's recommendation, of course, but we had taken it into consideration as part of the total picture and it turned out to be extremely misleading.

Use with caution. If you want to relocate somewhere, visit the place, talk to folks, get the facts, trust your own judgment. Where to live is way too big a decision to trust to subjective opinions.

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Be careful!, June 12, 2002
By Mark Keener (Newark, CA) - See all my reviews
Please take note of the publication date - 1997. This means all the data is at least 5 years old (probably much older due to the time lag between gathering data and publication). Therefore information such as housing prices, job markets etc are all woefully out of date. It may have some interesting information, but don't bother using this book if you're looking for information on job situation, real estate or even taxes.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Published in 1997 - Too Old & Dated!, October 24, 2003
By A Customer
I was excited to receive this book, but hadn't noticed in the product description that it was last published in 1997, and since it's nearly 2004, this book was not very helpful. The data is time sensitive (cost of living, populations, tax rates, home costs, school info, etc). Each city review had a nice "contact" list at the end, but one major thing missing were website addresses (which would've helped locate more recent data). Only the addresses & phone numbers were listed, and most were not toll-free numbers. Shame on me for not noticing the publication date, shame on Amazon.com for recommending it as a match with "The Places Rated Almanac" (the book found me, I wasn't looking for it specifically).
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2.0 out of 5 stars outdated
This would be an excellent and thorough book were it not nine years old. The information on cost of living is useless because so much has changed.
Published on March 18, 2006 by L. Allen

3.0 out of 5 stars Just OK
The book is put together very well and is easy to read. Now for the negatives. Most of the information is old which makes it unusable. Read more
Published on November 27, 2004 by S.

5.0 out of 5 stars 50 Fabulous Places to Raise Your Family by Giovagnoli
This book describes optimal places to live and retire. The author
describes the quality of life, local economy/jobs , entertainment and a plethora of other concerns... Read more
Published on August 28, 2004 by Joseph S. Maresca

3.0 out of 5 stars decent for starting point
Book was fairly informative since I got it purely for facts about the cities (not time dependent things such as tax rates and job oppertunities). Read more
Published on March 31, 2003 by Chad Matthews

3.0 out of 5 stars Use this strictly as a starting point
This book has a lot of information. Some of it is very quantitative and objective but a good deal of it is personal opinion. Read more
Published on June 5, 2002 by Joseph Boone

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding! Highly Recommended!
This is an outstanding book! As a valuable companion to Places Rated Almanac, it presents a good picture of some of the best places to live in the United States. Read more
Published on December 24, 2000 by informed_parent

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent and comprehensive guide for all families
Having been part of the research team for this non-fiction project, I was eager to read the finished work. Read more
Published on March 20, 2000 by Christina

1.0 out of 5 stars Numerous mistakes render the book untrustworthy
I've found numerous, easy to spot, factual mistakes in this book. I've been looking primarily at the climate data displayed in handy tables for each city and have been dismayed... Read more
Published on November 17, 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely informative - don't relocate without it.
All aspects that might affect the happiness of a family are listed for each of the 50 locations. Great schools, medical care, neighbohoods, sports, family fun, economic... Read more
Published on October 26, 1999

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