This week, our city, Auburn, was nominated for the 2nd best place to live in the USA. Click here for the news story! 私達の住むオーバーンが、全米住む町ベスト２に選ばれました。詳しくは上のHEREをクリックしてね。
Auburn serves as a little oasis for the deep Southern Alabama with relatively liberal, international, and multi-cultural atmosphere. This article says the population of 50,000, but if we include adjacent city, Opelika, and the Lee county which are right next to Auburn, the population will be 100,000+. For this small university town, we have a good art museum, performance center, and other cultural events all year around (mostly free), and Auburn provides safe, yet affordable environment to live. The average selling price of the houses in Auburn is $210,763 as of April 09 ($271,108 April 08). The education system here also deserves 5 stars. The academic performance of Auburn High School students is well-recognized, and most of the graduates receive scholarships to colleges/universities. It certainly needs improvements in some areas, such as public transportation; however, I have to say I probably wouldn't have felt this comfortable if we were living in anywhere else in Deep South.
With all the good things said about Auburn, I still have to hold some doubt being nominated for No.2 for the best place to live in the whole nation. But it certainly makes us feel good to be recognized.
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