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Northwest
Arkansas
Metropolitan
Statistical
Area
(More commonly
referred to as
Northwest Arkansas
and includes
Benton, Madison
and Washington
counties)
"#4 Best Place to
Live in the United
States"
U.S. News & World
Report 2019
(Northwest Arkansas
has been in the Top
5 for three years in
a row)
"10 best cities to
launch a career"
Realtor.com
"Best affordable
places to live"
U.S. News and World
Report, April 2018
"Best in the U.S."
Lonely Planet
"Best Cities for
White-Collar Job
Growth"
Forbes and
NewGeography.com
"Best Midsize Cities
for Jobs"
Forbes
"Best Cities for
Jobs"
NewGeography.com
"Best Places for
Minority-owned
Businesses"
fastcompany.com
"Best Place to
Retire"
wheretoretire.com &
Money Magazine
"Best Suburb to
Purchase a Home"
realtormag.com
"Most Family
Friendly"
nwacouncil.com
"Fastest-Growing
Economy through
2022"
usmayors.org
Bella Vista
"25 Best Places to
Retire"
Forbes
"Top 10 Best
Healthy Places to
Retire"
U.S. News & World
Report
"Top 25 best places
for affordable
homes"
CNNMoney.com and
Money Magazine
Bentonville
"Best Small Cities
for Families"
NerdWallet
"America's Coolest
Southern Towns"
jetsetter.com
"America's 20 Best
Mountain Bike
Towns"
National Geographic
"25 Best Small U.S.
Cities to spend the
weekend"
Thrillist
"28 Best Trips of
2016"
Outside Magazine
"10 Newest Hipster
Neighborhoods"
Yahoo travel
Fayetteville
"Best Places for
Singles Right Now
Money Magazine
"The South's Best
College Towns"
Southern Living
"Six Amazing Small
Cities for a Family
Vacation"
Flipkey
"Fittest Places to
Live in America"
Men's Journal
University of
Arkansas
"Top 100 utility
patent producing
Universities"
National Academy of
Inventors
"Best Value in Legal
Education"
The National Jurist
"Best Schools for
Public Service"
The National Jurist
Springdale
"Best Minor League
Baseball Towns"
SmartAsset
"Fastest-Growing
Cities in America"
WalletHub
"50 Best Cities to
Live"
24/7 Wall St. wallst.
com
Not only is Northwest Arkansas one of the
most vibrant, successful, beautiful and fun regions
of the country to visit, it's also one of the most
highly ranked. Good economy, recreation, arts,
thriving businesses, quality of life. It all adds up to
an area that's ranked at or near the top of many lists
by national media and other publications. Here are
some of them:
list
Making
the
