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• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_KJEUWEYRHIPWV3PTTWWNUZ2CTQ mcmaineacjam

  Bangor one of the best places in the country to do business!

• Anonymous

  Bangor Open for bizness

• Anonymous

  Not according to forbes lo welfare state,drugy stateand most of all boring..

• Anonymous

  affordable housing my butt!

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HOUSLFGTSDB4ZOKMUK5ZPEX47A Antonio Giarratano

  Who paid these people off?

• Anonymous

  What is so hard to believe about this?

  People that post on here are so negative……..life goes on with or without you!

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_BE5K4BY6CK2TFMMTWIM5B22ZOE David

  Sorta like saying “you sweat less than any other fat chick I’ve danced with.”

  Don’t get me wrong. I like Bangor. Just hate winter with the passion of a thousand suns.

• Anonymous

  Bangor is a great city and is growing all the time, we should be proud people that it made number SEVEN in America. I would say that is an impressive honor :)

• Anonymous

  Your butt may be affordable but no thanks! I will look elsewhere.

• Anonymous

  I wonder about the criteria for this list. Logan, Fargo, and especially Gillette are pretty grim towns. Lots of resource-extraction boom jobs does not necessarily equate to a wonderful lifestyle.

• Anonymous

  Make enough lists and every town can be on one….

• Briney

  That’s good to know after residing here for the past 61 years.

• Briney

  It doesn’t stop Steve Forbes from dropping anchor in Northeast Harbor.

• Briney

  How about one of the quietest places in the world?  I’d be the first to nominate Mattagamon Lake.

• Guest

  I agree. And also if you have a list that only “adds” criteria it wants and “subtracts” criteria it doesn’t and any city can be anything you want it to be.  It’s not a lie if you leave something out but it’s not entirely the truth either.  Also since when did Bangor become a coastal town? It’s at least 45 min drive to the ocean. ha ha

• Anonymous

  I’ve not been to all of the nine cities mentioned. Bozeman, Logan, and Saratoga Springs are cities that I’ve had the pleasure to visit. These are really nice areas of our country. Bozeman is just 90 miles northwest of Yellowstone and Logan is a college town north of Salt Lake City. Both of these cities have spectacular scenery and nice people. Being on this list is for real, we should be proud.

• Anonymous

  Things are changing…  for the BETTER!  When the arena opens it will be another feather in Bangor’s cap.  Hopefully a minor league hockey team can be coaxed into the area.  Be Positive.

• Anonymous

  Bangor is also “Ground Zero” for bath salts abuse.

  http://www.onlinesentinel.com/news/bangor-ground-zero-for-bath-salts-in-maine_2011-10-08.html