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Rochester Hills Ranked Second Best Small City To Live In Michigan
Rochester Hills, check out why researchers say you're one of the best in the state.
ROCHESTER HILLS, MI — The research is in and it's official - Rochester Hills is the second best small city to live in Michigan. That's according to the financial website WalletHub.
WalletHub researchers set out to find the "best small city to live" in America by analyzing 1,268 small cities (with populations ranging from 25,000 to 100,000) across the country. Researchers poured over FBI statistics and U.S. Census Bureau data and rated cities on livability factors: affordability (i.e. housing prices), economic health (i.e. unemployment rate), education and health (i.e. high school graduation rate), quality of life (i.e. number of restaurants), and safety (i.e. violent crime rate).
Super solid safety and affordability scores propelled Rochester Hills to the second best small city to live in the state and the 229th best in the country.
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So, what's the number one best small city in America to live in? Westfield, Indiana. It nabbed the top spot due to it's sky-high economic health.
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