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Best places to live 2010

Halifax, NS

Current Rank: 21 | 2010 Rank: 14
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Prosperity
Household income ($): 79,542 Houshold discretionary (%): 26.59
New cars (%): 21.88 Unemployment rate (%): 6.80
Population 2001 : 359,183 Population (% change '01-'06): 3.80
Population 2006 : 372,858    
Provincial income tax: 11 Provincial sales tax: 11
Housing
Average household price ($): 273,182 Time to buy (in years): 3.43
Lifestyle
Walk/bike to work (%): 11.09 College: Y
University: Y Culture: 16
Transit: 22    
Crime
Crime severity: 108.50 Violent crime rate: 1661
Total crime rate: 7797    
Health
No. of doctors (per 1,000): 3.51 Health professionals (% of pop.): 6.98
Hospital: Y    
Weather
Precipitation days: 171.20 Precipitation (ml/year): 1.00
Days below 0C: 157.30 Ozone (parts per billion): 17
Particulate matter (micrograms/cubic metre):
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