Fort Collins…CNN’s Best Place to Live in 2006
| One Comment
Fort Collins is consistently among the top 3 in the best places to live studies and many times it takes top honors as it did in CNN’s 2006 Best Places to Live study.
Top 10 of the 2006 winners
1. Fort Collins, CO
2. Naperville, IL
3. Sugar Land, TX
4. Columbia/Ellicott City, MD
5. Cary, NC
6. Overland Park, KS
7. Scottsdale, AZ
8. Boise, ID
9. Fairfield, CT
10. Eden Prairie, MN
In 2007 CNN looked at small towns, with populations between 7,500 and 50,000 which excluded Fort Collins with a population of nearly 130,000.
1. Middleton, WI
2. Hanover, NH
3. Louisville, CO
4. Lake Mary, FL
5. Claremont, CA
6. Papillion, NE
7. Milton, MA
8. Chaska, MN
9. Nether Providence, PA
10. Suwanee, GA
Here are the winners for 2008
1. Plymouth, MN
2. Fort Collins, CO
3. Naperville, IL
4. Irvine, CA
5. Franklin Township, NJ
6. Norman, OK
7. Round Rock, TX
8. Columbia/Ellicott City, MD
9. Overland Park, KS
10. Fishers, IN













[...] If you’ve had time to do any kind of research about the area you probably know by now that many of the areas cities and towns find themselves in many top ten lists such as Money Magazines Best Places to Live, Fort Collins took 2nd place in 2008 and in 2006 Fort Collins took the top spot. [...]