Download or read book The Rating Guide to Life in America's Small Cities written by G. Scott Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An invaluable compendium of lifestyle factors in 219 "micropolitan" areas--cities with 15,000 to 50,000 residents and their surrounding regions. Each community is graded in terms of its performance in such categories as climate/environment, public safety, health care, economics, recreation, and housing.