
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, August 14, 1993                   TAG: 9308140134
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: NEW YORK                                LENGTH: Short

ROCHESTER, MINN., TOPS NEW LIST OF BEST CITIES

Rochester, Minn., a leafy community that is home to the famed Mayo Clinic, was named the most livable city in America in an annual survey by Money magazine. Not a single city from the Northeast or West Coast made the Top 10.

Last in the survey of the 300 biggest U.S. metropolitan areas released Friday was Rockford, Ill., which suffers from high unemployment and a crack cocaine problem, the magazine said.

The other nine top finishers, in descending order, were: Madison, Wis.; Minneapolis-St. Paul; Houston; Raleigh-Durham, N.C.; Goldsboro, N.C.; Sheboygan, Wis.; Grand Forks, N.D.; Sioux Falls, S.D.; and Austin, Texas. - Associated Press

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