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Article: The Little Town A Notch Above Us; Johnson City, Tenn.; Nice Place No. 141
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- August 23, 1990
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As if the Washington area didn't have enough problems, comes now
the September issue of Money magazine with its fourth annual "The
Best Places to Live Now" survey showing that the area has dropped
from the quite respectable 15th place it held last year.
To 142nd.
Ouch. Los Angeles-Long Beach was No. 10, for heaven's sake.
And, according to Money, you'd be better off in Galveston, Tex.
(32nd), Reno, Nev. (48th), or Florence, Ala. (60th). Even Buffalo
ranked 91st of the 300 metropolitan areas evaluated.
Buffalo.
And get this: In 141st place this year, one notch above the
nation's capital, is Johnson City, Tenn., a jurisdiction of about
50,000 souls in a "tri-city" metropolitan area ...