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Butte Silver Bow County ranks high on NY Times list of places to live

June 28, 2014 /

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It’s not news to folks here, but life in Butte isn’t too bad.

The New York Times slotted Silver Bow County just outside the top third of the nation in a new database measuring quality of life. The newspaper ranked each of the country’s 3,135 counties using a variety of economic and health statistics to create an index of how hard — or easy — it is to live in a place.

Butte-Silver Bow Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Marko Lucich judged Silver Bow’s rank as "quite accurate," but noted that some preferences aren’t so easily quantified.

"Personally, I think we’re probably in the top 10," he said with a chuckle.

By Matt Hoffman The Montana Standard

Full Story: http://mtstandard.com/news/local/butte-silver-bow-county-ranks-high-on-ny-times-list/article_398db3ee-fe71-11e3-b0de-001a4bcf887a.html