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2018 Best Places To Live: Tampa Made US News Rankings
U.S. News & World Report has released its 2018 Best Places to Live in the United States ranking. See where Tampa ranked.

I am a veteran journalist living in Tampa, Florida. I have worked at several newspapers in various editing roles, including The Tampa Tribune, the Fresno Bee and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. I am a native Arkansan and have been known to support the Arkansas Razorbacks even in losing years. I joined Patch.com on Sept. 6, 2017, as Hurricane Irma had Florida in its possible path.
U.S. News & World Report has released its 2018 Best Places to Live in the United States ranking. See where Tampa ranked.

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