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#44
Top 100
Best Places to Live
Livability.com (2015)
#10
Safest States to Live
Based on fi nancial safety, road safety,
workplace safety,
natural disasters,
and home-and-community safety.
Wallethub.com (2015)
#14
Child Well-Being
Kids County Data Book
Annie E. Casey Foundation (2014)
#1
Most Peaceful State
Measuring factors like rates of homicide, violent crimes
and incarceration and numbers of police employees.
Institute for Economics & Peace (2012)
#1
O G U N QU I T
Best Beach Towns
in New England
Yankee Magazine (July 2012)
P H O T O / C O U R T E S Y O F M O O S E H E A D L A K E R E G I O N A L E C O N O M I C D E V E L O P M E N T C O R P.
Moosehead Lake, in northern Maine, attracts visitors interested in
canoeing, hiking, fi shing, camping and other outdoor activities.
Ogunquit, on the southern Maine coast, was named the
best beach town in New England by Yankee Magazine.
Shoppers select fl owers at a farmers market in Portland. Maine has
seen a doubling in the number of farmers markets in the past eight
years, driven by demand for fresh produce and locally produced food.
P H O T O / C A P TA I N -T U C K E R ( C R E AT I V E C O M M O N S )
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