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Job Meccas

CITY           POPULA-  TEMPERA- COST OF      COMMENTS
               TION      TURE    LIVING
                       (Average  INDEX*
                       Jan. low/
                      July High

ANNAPOLIS,     33,234    24/87     NA      Near Baltimore and
MD.                                        Washington, home of
                                           U.S. Naval Academy.
                                           Great boating,
                                           water sports

AUSTIN,     1,085,900*   39/95     99.4    State capital, college town,
TEX.                                       and high-tech center

FORT MYERS-    489,000   53/91     99.4    Where Thomas Edison and
CAPE CORAL,                                Henry Ford spent their
FLA.                                       winters. Gorgeous beaches

PALM SPRINGS,  43,000    40/108    114.4   Country-club lifestyle.
CALIF.                                     Home to Bob Hope and
                                           Gerald Ford. Excellent
                                           medical facilities

SAN DIEGO,  2,690,255*   48/76     122.8   Ideal climate, good
CALIF.                                     job market, Major League
                                           sports

*City and county
**U.S. average cost of living=100

DATA: BUSINESS WEEK, ACCRA, PLACES RATED ALMANAC





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