Family Circle Magazine names Morton Grove, IL one of its "10 Best Towns for Families"

My hometown of Morton Grove, Illinois is in the news again, and for once it's not about the controversial, first-in-the-nation handgun ban.

Family Circle Magazine's latest edition lists America's "10 Best Towns for Families."

And Morton Grove made the cut.

From Michael J. Weiss' article:

Family-friendly perk: About 20 percent of the town's land is set aside as a forest preserve for running, walking, cycling, and picnics.

Which explains how I ended up here.

Here are the other Family Circle winners:

Castle Rock, Colorado, Kennesaw, Georgia, Cooper City, Florida, Diamond Bar, California, Madison, Mississippi, Franklin, Massachusetts, Derby, Kansas, and Chanhassen, Minnesota.

Of course these "communities rated" lists are far from scientific, and the different books rankings' vary greatly from one another--other than always having a whole bunch of towns from Michigan bringing up the rear.

Here's some irony: In response to Morton Grove enacting it's anti-handgun ordinance, another Family Circle top family town, Kennesaw Georgia, put into law a requirement that with a few exceptions, all households must have a gun with ammunition within the home.

As for the other towns, the only one I've been to is Chanhassen, Minnesota. It's a pleasant town southwest of Minneapolis.

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