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Reading Makes List of Top 100 'Best Massachusetts Communities'

Reading makes the top 100, by a couple of hairs.

GoLocalWorcester this week announced its third annual Best Communities in Massachusetts List. The list, said GoLocal, was devised by mixing stats of affordability, economic condition, education, arts and culture, and safety. 

Boston came in first in this year's list. 

It just made it. But it made it. Reading came in at number 98 on the list.

"This community has long been a leader on education," wrote GoLocal, "dating back to 1693 when the town first voted to fund pubic schools." 

With a population of 24,747, the median household income for Reading is $99,131, according to GoLocal's statistics. 


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