The Ten Best Emerging Places to Live

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Below is the list of the Emerging Metropolitan Areas. See the complete list of Best Places or profiles of the top ten.

Rank	Metro area
1	Ithaca, NY
2	Bend, OR
3	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA
4	Logan, UT-ID
5	Coeur d'Alene, ID
6	Prescott, AZ
7	Vero Beach, FL
8	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
9	Brunswick, GA
10	Idaho Falls, ID
11	Lewiston, ID-WA
12	Ames, IA
13	Bowling Green, KY
14	Columbus, IN
15	Ocean City, NJ
16	Wenatchee, WA
17	Winchester, VA-WV
18	Harrisonburg, VA
19	Hot Springs, AR
20	Farmington, NM
21	Gainesville, GA
22	Morgantown, WV
23	Salisbury, MD
24	Sandusky, OH
25	Michigan City-La Porte, IN
26	Lebanon, PA
27	Kingston, NY
28	Elizabethtown, KY
29	St. George, UT
30	Fond du Lac, WI
31	Fairbanks, AK
32	Dalton, GA
33	Cleveland, TN
34	Monroe, MI
35	Morristown, TN
36	Danville, IL
37	Jefferson City, MO
38	Valdosta, GA
39	Rome, GA
40	Carson City, NV
41	Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA
42	Madera, CA
43	Longview-Kelso, WA
44	Hanford-Corcoran, CA
45	El Centro, CA