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...these standards, the 196 sq. mi. Atlanta area emerges as the best all-round place to live in America. It is ranked No. 1 in transportation and high in such categories as health care, schools, cultural facilities and weather. Atlanta's major drawback, according to Places Rated, is its crime problem-it has a murder rate "that is twice the national average for metro areas." The Washington, D.C.Maryland-Virginia area scores second in all-round desirability, though it, too, suffers from a high crime rate. Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, N.C., is the third most livable area, largely because...
...three-week-old hip fracture, suddenly emerged from his hospital bed early last week to appear in a wheelchair in the Knesset. There he brusquely announced that his government would make into law what Israel has long accomplished in fact: the takeover of the strategic Golan Heights, 444 sq. mi. of rocky terrain captured from Syria during the Six-Day War of 1967. Said Begin: "We are talking about our very lives and our future, and the welfare of this nation...
...bedrooms are usually put at opposite ends of the house. "We believe people will settle for less if a home fits their life-style," says mingles developer Rick Sullivan, 36, who plans with partner Herman Porten, 52, to build 2,000 mingles town houses of 800 to 1,300 sq. ft. in the Washington suburbs. Price: $50,000 to $80,000 apiece...
Three weeks ago, James and Patricia Allen moved into their new three-bedroom, 1,000-sq.-ft. cottage home 33 miles northwest of Houston. Allen, 38, who builds displays for oil and gas exhibitions, was looking for something near his job. The couple has three children, ages six, four and two, and plans to move in a few years into a bigger place. Says Patricia: "I wouldn't be happy here if I knew I had to live in this house for the rest of my life. But since it's a semi-temporary situation, I can live...
...decade. Smuggling dope into the region is about as difficult as buying a souvenir in Miami Beach. "They land it in everything but a bathtub," marvels Patrolman Doug Morris of the Dade County public safety marine patrol, whose dozen men and six boats help patrol the 550 sq. mi. of county waterways. "Hell...