阿拉巴马州七城入选全美50个最佳小城市 达芙妮、麦迪逊、霍姆伍德包揽前三
阿拉巴马州11月11日传来好消息：Livability.com当天发布首届全美50个最佳小城市榜单，阿拉巴马州共有七座城市上榜，并一举包揽前三名。位于莫比尔湾畔的达芙妮排名第一，北阿拉巴马快速发展的麦迪逊位居第二，伯明翰郊区的霍姆伍德排名第三。此外，企业市排名第11位，弗洛伦斯第14位，奥佩莱卡第16位，多森第25位，七城全部进入前25名。
该榜单覆盖全美25个州，旨在表彰生活质量高且负担得起的社区。Livability.com与数据机构应用地理解决方案合作，对全美2000多个、人口在1.5万至7.5万之间的城市进行评估，考察近100项数据指标，涵盖住房、教育、就业、医疗、交通和生活成本等八大类别，且只纳入房价中位数低于50万美元的城市。
榜单主办方表示，阿拉巴马州七城上榜，反映出该州中小城市在宜居性与可负担性上的综合优势，也为有意迁居的家庭提供了新的参考。
Seven Alabama Communities Named Among America's 50 Best Small Cities
Seven Alabama communities have been named among the 50 best small cities in the United States in a new ranking. Livability released its first-ever list of the Top 50 Small Cities on Nov. 11, evaluating more than 2,000 cities with populations between 15,000 and 75,000 across nearly 100 data points in eight categories including economy, housing, amenities and transportation, in partnership with Applied Geographic Solutions.
Daphne, on Mobile Bay in Baldwin County, ranked first among Alabama entries and eighth overall in the South, praised for its bayfront access, neighborhoods and schools. Madison, in the Tennessee Valley, placed second in the state for its community life and schools; Homewood, a Birmingham suburb in Jefferson County, was third. Enterprise ranked 11th in Alabama's showing, Florence 14th, Opelika 16th and Dothan 25th.
Twenty-five states had cities on the list. Livability said each listed community scored no lower than the 80th percentile among small cities nationwide.
来源：The Bama Buzz
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图片来源：图：阿拉巴马州 Madison 市中心街景，该市入选全美 50 佳小城市榜单。Republic of Selmaria 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Downtown Madison, Alabama, one of the state's communities named among America's 50 best small cities. By Republic of Selmaria, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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