http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/realestate/06cov.html?ex=1336104000&en=fb9cdb535681b4bc&ei=50 90&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
The Guy Who Picks the Best Places to Live
EVERY so often, a report comes out listing the best (or worst) cities to live in, the most romantic, the most child-friendly or the most affordable.
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The cities at the top gloat; those at the bottom ignore the findings or dismiss them as skewed or irrelevant.
But in one part of the country, little changes. The man responsible for many of those rankings, Bert Sperling, continues to plug away, dividing his time between Portland and Depoe Bay, Ore., compiling yet more data for yet more lists, just as he has for the last 20 years.