This county seat, celebrating its sesquicentennial in 2009, is home to a diverse group of organizations, from the college that bears its name to the national headquarters of the Theosophical Society in America. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2008
America’s Best Places to Live 2008: No. 55, Peoria, Arizona
You can feel Peoria’s historic ties to Phoenix by walking its streets, which are aligned by a common grid system. Continue reading
America’s Best Places to Live 2008: No. 73, Weston, Florida
Because Weston is a planned community, local realtors often say that “everything is located exactly where it should be.” Continue reading
America’s Best Places to Live 2008: No. 74, Aurora, Illinois
At the crossroads of city and country, Aurora is on the fringe of the Illinois Research & Development Corridor, a major stretch of intellectual and corporate brainpower. Continue reading
America’s Best Places to Live 2008: No. 76, West Hartford, Connecticut
If there’s one thing West Hartford knows, it’s history, and this suburb of Hartford proper has a vibrant, picturesque downtown that has been the community hub since the late 1600s. Continue reading
America’s Best Places to Live 2008: No. 78, Coral Springs, Florida
A sprawling planned city, Coral Springs is home to a vibrant economy with above-average wealth levels and consistently low unemployment. Continue reading
America’s Best Places to Live 2008: No. 90, Roseville, California
Roseville boasts lots of good jobs: Technology firm Hewlett-Packard and managed care organization Kaiser Permanente are among the companies that call the town home. Continue reading
America’s Best Places to Live 2008: No. 91, Fountain Valley, California
Fountain Valley modestly bills itself as “a nice place to live.” Is it ever. Among its offerings: Mile Square Regional Park, a 640-acre park with two lakes; three 18-hole golf courses; a 20-acre nature area; and a recreation center with courts for tennis, basketball, racquetball and more. Continue reading
America’s Best Places to Live 2008: No. 92, Orland Park, Illinois
Though it’s called Orland Park, it might as well be called Car Park. Along with neighboring Tinley Park, the city boasts the 159th Street Strip, one of the largest strips of auto dealerships in the country, with three miles of gleaming hoods to choose from. Continue reading
America’s Best Places to Live 2008: No. 94, Sunnyvale, California
Once known for its endless and bountiful fruit orchards, Sunnyvale is now an integral part of Silicon Valley, with tech companies AMD, Palm Inc. and Yahoo headquartered here. Continue reading
America’s Best Places to Live 2008: No. 99, Midlothian, Virginia
Founded as a coal-mining village centuries ago in the Virginia Colony, Midlothian has emerged as an in-demand suburb connected to greater Richmond. Continue reading
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Fast Track to Ozzfest
Steven Spence dreams of clicks. Late into the night, after the stage lights have gone down, the drum kit has been packed away, and the bus has begun rolling toward the next American city on the tour list, Spence is in a world of regulated clicks: tick, tick, tick, tock. But the clicks are not coming from the wet leaf that’s flapping against the front wheel of the tour bus as it races along I-70 toward San Antonio. Like John Nash in A Beautiful Mind, it’s the sound of numbers ricocheting off the walls of Spence’s brain. Continue reading