The best places to live in the U.S. By Lily Rose Getty Images
What s America s best place to live?
A ranking from the survey company Niche.com suggests that American s top choices aren t necessarily the best-known.
For the creation of this ranking, Niche researchers factored in good public schools, affordable costs of living, low crime rates and the overall satisfaction of their residents, culling data from the U.S. Department of Education, the Census Bureau, the FBI and public-sentiment polling.
Niche also considered local commutes (length and access to public transport); diversity (of age, gender and ethnicity); health and fitness of its residents (based on rates of smoking, alcohol abuse, and obesity as well as access to healthcare and fitness centers); jobs (including employment rates, career and business growth) and housing costs (based on home values, property taxes and ownership rates).
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What’s 330 miles long, 190 miles wide and packed from top to bottom with amazing things to do for residents and tourists alike?
We’re leading you on a trail across the state with nine of Alabama s must-see attractions. They re all open and, in one way or another, they welcome you and have plans in place to protect tourists as the COVID-19 pandemic continues:
Huntsville: U.S. Space & Rocket Center
Currently celebrating the 60th anniversary of America’s first manned space flight, the U.S. Space and Rocket Museum is both a museum and a space camp program. It takes kids and adults on a journey into the science and fun of the universe. While some of the exhibits and attractions are still off limits due to social distancing concerns for the pandemic, this is a place where the whole family can get astronaut training, try virtual reality and even experience space situations under water. Plus, the spacecraft exhibits are amazing.
Dorothy Davidson, Huntsville business leader and philanthropist, dies after long illness AL.com 52 mins ago Lee Roop, al.com
Dorothy Davidson, CEO of Huntsville technology company Davidson Technologies and one of the city’s best-known and beloved philanthropists, died Tuesday after a nearly three-year battle with cancer, Laughlin Service Funeral Home confirms.
Davidson’s husband, Julian, founded Davidson Technologies, and she took over the company when he died in 2013. The company provides engineering services to the defense and aerospace sectors, and Davidson was a mathematician with a long career supporting American defense organizations and companies.
The couple was well known for large donations to educational and civic institutions including Auburn University; the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, where their name is on the hall that houses the Saturn V; and the newest exhibit hall at the Huntsville Museum of Art also named for them.