Vienna, Virginia here we come...
Yesterday I ran across an article on Yahoo Money that talked about the best small towns to live in America. They based their list not only thriving economically, but also on what we'd want in a place to raise a family: plenty of green space, good schools, and a strong sense of community. I was obviously drawn to this article for many reasons. It won't come to anyone's surprise (or maybe it does) that not one of the cities in the top 15 towns is in California. As we get older my family continues to move further away from each other, I'm not sure if that is just a fact of life or a fact of the economy. As I sit here out of a job I just keep thinking maybe Cali just isn't for us anymore. Though I have one grandparent left and I can't really think about not being able to just stop by can say hi. Where does that take me? According to the article to Massachusetts, New Jersey, Virginia and pretty much the Midwest to East Coast. ...