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Despite DC named 4th-best place to live in US, huge quality of life gap remains in city, data shows

U.S. News and World Report released its list of the 100 Best Places to Live for 2017 and Washington D.C. came in at No. 4 in the rankings. Job market, […]

February 10th, 2017

By DC Fiscal Policy Institute

U.S. News and World Report released its list of the 100 Best Places to Live for 2017 and Washington D.C. came in at No. 4 in the rankings. Job market, value, quality of life, desirability, net migration, cost of living, education and health care are just some of the factors that went into these rankings.

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