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If This is Your Job, West Des Moines is Now the Second-Best Place in the Country to Live
Des Moines and West Des Moines were ranked no. 2 by a study conducted by ValuePenguin.

If you're a doctor, there aren't many better places to live than West Des Moines.
Who says? ValuePenguin says, a company that compiled the list by gathering and analyzing data on the best cities for doctors to practice in.Â
To develop the list of 300 cities, ValuePenguin took into account several factors including salaries, the employment concentration of the profession, and cost of living.
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Fla., was the only area that ranked higher on the list.
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