CNN Money: Ardmore Among Top Places to Live in Nation

On the heels of being CNN Money, an online amalgam of CNN, Fortune Magazine and Money Magazine, has ranked Ardmore the 45th best small town place to live in America.

“One of Philadelphia’s Main Line suburbs, Ardmore is just a few minutes from the city by rail; many residents work there,” the article reads. “Many colleges, including Villanova University and Bryn Mawr College, are located nearby, giving residents easy access to still more cultural events.

“And there’s a growing arts scene right in town, not to mention an historic downtown and lots of shopping. A new park recently opened for residents.”

That would be , we’re assuming, opened less than two years ago at Linwood and Athens avenues, the fruit of local volunteer coordination and labor.

Professional and civic groups have been instrumental in affecting the way in which the town grows, said Jack Burns, an Ardmore architect.

“It’s testament to the care and interest which the residents and business owners place in their community,” Burns said.

By the way, the No. 1 small town in the nation, according to Money, is Louisville, Colorado: a “sunny, lively mountain town” with a low crime rate is “easy to navigate,” (whatever that means) and has “lots of good jobs in tech, telecom, aerospace, clean energy, and health care.”

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