By Tom McClimon
July 16, 2012

Kiplinger's Personal Finance recently released a feature on the "10 Great Cities to Raise Your Kids," honoring cities for their leadership in creating family-friendly communities. Kiplinger's found metropolitan areas with high income relative to living costs, low crime rates, and large numbers of families, and then it identified the cities within each metropolitan area with both strong educational factors and recreation options. Honorees included East Grand Rapids (MI), Appleton (WI), Sunnyvale (CA), Thousand Oaks (CA), Corona (CA), Suwanee (GA), Stamford (CT), Richland (WA), Omaha (NE), and Middletown (NY).