Lexington, KY Named Top Ten College Sports Town

Forbes Magazine has named Lexington, Kentucky the fifth-best in its list of top 10 “Top College Sports Towns” in its February edition. 

The criteria included what the Forbes called “quality of life measures” such as housing costs versus median income, public school quality, crime and the availability and value of real estate in Lexington, KY.

Here’s what Forbes Magazine had to say about Lexington:

"If you like basketball and horse racing, there's no betterplace in the world to live than Lexington, Ky. Besides the university's hoops team and the tracks around the city, there is quality affordable housing to be found. A four-bedroom, 2,200-square-foot home costs just $234,500, while median earners make $45,622 a year."

Ann Arbor, Mich., home to the University of Michigan topped the list followed by Palo Alto, Calif., where Stanford is located. The rest of the top 10 included: Madison, Wis. (University of Wisconsin); State College, Pa. (Penn State); Lexington, Ky. (University of Kentucky); Fayetteville, Ark. (University of Arkansas); Chapel Hill, N.C. (University of North Carolina); Columbia, Mo. (University of Missouri); Charlottesville, Va. (University of Virginia) and Bloomington, Ind. (University of Indiana)   

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