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Massachusetts city ranked among 3 best cities to live in America in 2024

By Frank O'Laughlin, Boston 25 News Staff
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2024 Best Cities to Live in America

By Frank O'Laughlin, Boston 25 News Staff

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A Massachusetts city has been ranked among the top three cities to live in America in 2024, according to a new report.

Niche recently published its “2024 Best Cities to Live in America” ranking, which analyzed metrics including public schools, housing, quality for families, jobs, cost of living crime and safety, nightlife, and diversity, among other things.

The city of Cambridge, home to 117,962 people, was named by Niche as the third best city to live in America, earning an overall “A+” grade. Only Naperville, Illinois, and The Woodlands, Texas, were ranked ahead of Cambridge.

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“Living in Cambridge offers residents an urban feel and most residents rent their homes. In Cambridge, there are a lot of bars, restaurants, coffee shops, and parks,” Niche wrote of the Middlesex County community. “Many young professionals live in Cambridge and residents tend to be liberal. The public schools in Cambridge are highly rated.”

Cambridge also earned a slew of five-star reviews, with one local telling Niche, “I have lived in Cambridge for the majority of my life and I can say that I have loved going to school here and living here. It’s a great area for families and one of the best districts for schools in all of Massachusetts I believe, and it has some great places to eat and shop. You can not go wrong when you spend time here in Cambridge.”

Eight neighborhoods in Cambridge were also named in Niche’s “2024 Best Places to Live in Massachusetts” report.

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2024 Best Cities to Live in America

The top 25 best cities to live in America in 2024 ranked as follows:

  1. Naperville, Illinois
  2. The Woodlands, Texas
  3. Cambridge, Massachusetts
  4. Arlington, Virginia
  5. Plano, Texas
  6. Irvine, California
  7. Columbia, Maryland
  8. Overland Park, Kansas
  9. Ann Arbor, Michigan
  10. Bellevue, Washington
  11. Berkley, California
  12. Richardson, Texas
  13. Sunnyvale, California
  14. Sandy Springs, Georgia
  15. Santa Clara, California
  16. Seattle, Washington
  17. San Francisco, California
  18. Alexandria, Virginia
  19. Madison, Wisconsin
  20. Boulder, Colorado
  21. Raleigh, North Carolina
  22. Torrance, California
  23. Carlsbad, California
  24. College Station, Texas
  25. Huntsville, Alabama

For more on this ranking, click here.

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