Monday, February 18, 2008

Saline County Named To Magazine's Top 100 Places To Live

Progressive Farmer magazine has published its fourth annual "Best Places to Live in Rural America" report -- and Saline County has made the publication's Top 100.

The magazine's editors compiled their list of best rural counties based on certain criteria, including home and land prices; crime rates; environment; education; economic factors; and health care access. Three Nebraska counties made the magazine's top 20 list of Midwest counties. Red Willow County was listed as No. 10, Adams County was ranked as No. 12, and Wayne County was listed as No. 18. Saline County was ranked No. 71. Only five other Nebraska counties made Progressive Farmer's Top 100.

According to the magazine's statistics, Saline County scored well for its low housing costs; low unemployment and poverty rates; student/teacher ratio; large number of college bound students; and average sales tax rate. The county's score was hurt by a slow job growth rate and below-average number of health care clinics and pharmacies. Air quality and rainfall indices were also noticeably below average.

You can vote online for Saline County as your favorite place to live by clicking here. Progressive Farmer's complete list of Top 100 Midwest Counties can be viewed here.

3 comments:

  1. Wow! Thanks for the info. I came back once and it did not work out. Maybe I should try again.
    (DC Husker)

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  2. This does really surprise those of us who live here. Congratualations to us! The only time I've ever really been down on this place is when some of the locals don't work to fulfill our potential and when the communities do not cooperate. I'm not too happy with some of the farmers who destroy the natural beauty of the county by tearing out tree lines and putting in pivots. It seems short sighted but I guess it's their land and they pay the property taxes that support the schools.

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  3. We should be shouting this from the mountain tops (or at least the silo tops)! This would be a good recruitment message.

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