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Eau Claire Cracks Top 50 ‘Best Places to Live’ Ranking
3 Jun 2025
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This spring, U.S. News & World Report published its annual Best Places to Live rankings – and Eau Claire landed at the tip-top of Wisconsin’s list. Perhaps more notably, Eau Claire is also ranked in the top 50 across the entire nation.
While some locals roll their eyes at (or, in today’s age, leave a snarky Facebook comment about) Eau Claire's inclusion in such rankings, Volume One has seen dozens of these designations from all kinds of news outlets and blogs over the years (more on that further down in this writeup).
This spring’s U.S. News & World Report is more notable with Eau Claire’s two rankings: No. 1 best place to live in Wisconsin and No. 49 best place to live in the country.
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