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Article: Fort Collins named best place to live
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- July 19, 2006
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- City rankings, like college football polls,
is a game of numbers.
And this year, the statistics bounced Fort Collins' way, with
Money magazine naming it America's best place to live. Last year's
No. 5 pick, nearby Louisville, didn't even crack the top 100.
The magazine's editors changed the rules this year, raising the
population bar from
14,000 to 50,000, bouncing Louisville with its population of
19,200, out of consideration.
"Well, damn them," Louisville Mayor Chuck Sisk said with a hearty
laugh. "They obviously didn't ask for my input, but I guarantee you
we're not going to 50,000 to get it back."
Meanwhile, civic jubilation rang out in Larimer County. ...