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Stevens Point Water Best in Nation - Defeats New York City
"New York City prides itself on being the biggest and the best, but when it comes to water quality, Stevens Point, Wisconsin just gave the Big Apple a serious whooping" reported the Wall Street Journal in October of 2010. "Stevens Point won top honors Tuesday in the American Water Works Association's annual contest for the nation's best-tasting tap water. The contest took place at the association's annual convention in Chicago. Following taste-test competitions around the country, 22 finalists competed Tuesday for the grand prize.
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Stevens Point Among Nation's Smartest Cities
Lumosity's study used data from more than 3 million people in the U.S. between the ages of 18 and 75 who played brain-training games measuring performance across five areas: memory, processing speed, flexibility, attention, and problem solving.
Stevens Point ranked 38th in the Under 35 age group, 25th in the area of Flexibility, 4th in the Memory category, 14th in Problem Solving, and 40th in the Complete Overall Score Rankings.
An area’s overall score was based on the median overall score for users in the geographic area. For the separate cognitive area lists, rankings were based on the median scaled score for each Core-based Statistical Area for each cognitive area.
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Stevens Point Recognized as one of the Top 10 Dreamtowns
In an article titled, "Dreamtowns that offer refuge from big cities and congested suburbs," Bizjournals says many residents of big cities and inner-ring suburbs would prefer to live on the suburban fringe or in small-town America. The best place for them to go, according to Bizjournals, is found in their analysis of 140 micropolitan areas which identifies America's 10 dreamtowns, "the small towns that offer the best quality of life without metropolitan hassles."
Bizjournals compared 140 micropolitan areas in 20 statistical categories, using data from the U.S. Census Bureau. A micropolitan area, they say, consists of a central community with 10,000 to 50,000 residents, and the surrounding countryside. "It is, in effect, a small-scale version of a metropolitan area."
The study was inspired by heavy public interest in small-town life. Its aim was to identify communities that would be most attractive to people considering moving to such a place. The highest scores went to "well-rounded places with light traffic, healthy economies, moderate costs of living, impressive housing stocks, strong educational systems, and easy access to big-city attractions."
Stevens Point was listed in the Top 10 out of the 140 areas studied. The Bizjournals profile of Stevens Point says, "This is easily the most affordable of America's 10 dreamtowns. The cost of a typical home is $28,500 lower in Stevens Point than in Mankato, the second-cheapest place on this elite list. Other pluses in Stevens Point are short commutes, strong schools and a sizable stock of big houses."
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Stevens Point Voted one of the Top 10 Places to Live
Relocate America, a Web site that assists individuals who plan to relocate, has included Stevens Point in their list of the "Top 100 Places to Live." Throughout the calendar year, Relocate America accepts nominations for cities and towns throughout the country to be considered as a "great place to live." The nominating parties must include their own reasons why they feel their city should make the list. The nominations, along with key data regarding education, employment, economy, crime, parks, recreation, and housing are reviewed, rated, and judged by Relocate America's editorial team. Special consideration is taken on the Top 10 Cities as they are listed in a ranked order of America's Top 10 Places to Live.
Since the list's introduction in 1997, the City of Stevens Point has been ranked in the top 100 several times and has even been listed in the Top 10 Cities and the Top 10 Recreation Cities.
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