New Jersey has the cleanest air? Seriously?
That's the word, according to TOH sister publication Money Magazine, which ranked nine of the Garden State's cities within their top ten list of best places to live with the cleanest air. (Richmond, Virginia took the top spot.) Now, I'll admit, this is hard to reconcile to a born-and-bred New Yorker who's grown up on "Jersey smells" jokes...but it seems these towns have an air quality index that generally hits 100 percent and an air pollution index that regularly hits somewhere below the national average. Now that's a breath of fresh air (literally!) and it gives us yet another reason to love the state, which we've come to admire for it's great places to find old homes: Atlantic Highland's was one of our Best Old House Neighborhoods in 2009.
Here's the top ten from the Money Magazine list (check out their site to see the top 25):
| 1 | Richmond, VA |
| 2 | Evesham, NJ |
| 3 | Marlton, NJ |
| 3 | Medford, NJ |
| 5 | Mount Laurel, NJ |
| 5 | Moorestown-Lenola, NJ |
| 7 | Cinnaminson, NJ |
| 7 | Moorestown, NJ |
| 9 | Delran, NJ |
| 9 | Lumberton, NJ |
(2) Comments
Why do you show a picture in Clinton NJ when no towns in Hunterdon County made the list?
Hey Camille, Thanks so much for the catch! The new photo should be of Medford, which tied for 3rd place on the list and which has a historic district.