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Bloomington was named as one of Livability's Top 100 Places to Live in America!
There were three cities in the Hoosier state that made the list: Fort Wayne, Indiana at No. 93, Indianapolis at No, 75, and Bloomington in the Top 20, ranking No. 19.
“The cities on this year’s list represent the best of the best when it comes to affordability and opportunity,” says Livability.com Editor-in-Chief Winona Dimeo-Ediger. “These 100 cities are not just fantastic places to live in terms of their amenities, education, health care, and infrastructure, they are places where young people can build amazing careers and communities.”
To create the list of the top 100, Livability analyzed over 1,000 cities based on social and civic capital, demographics, economics, education, healthcare, housing, and infrastructure, and amenities.
