Renton Ranked A 'Best Place To Live' In U.S.

RENTON, WA - Having a training facility for an NFL team definitely helps.

That's just one of the reasons Livability.com ranked Renton the 66th best place to live in the U.S. on its 2016 index. Renton was one of several locales - Kirkland, Bothell, Olympia, Richland, and Bellevue - that made the list. Other highlights of living in Renton, according to the list, include jobs in aerospace, a good school district, and proximity to top-tier medical facilities.

Renton beat out bigger - and sunnier - towns like Miami Beach, Fla., and Mountain View, Calif., home of Google.

To read more about why Renton made the list, and to see which cities it beat, read the full list on Livability.com.

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