A new survey says that Las Vegas is among the top 40 best cities in which to live. Best Life Magazine ranks Las Vegas as the number 32, behind number 31 — Reno. Researchers used a variety of criteria for the study of 257 cities, including information from the FBI and the U.S. Census Bureau. Honolulu ranks as the top city to live in. Clarksville, Tennessee ranks at the bottom of the list.

When it comes to walking in Nevada, Reno ranks right at the top for Best Walking City and North Las Vegas ranks at the bottom.

The rankings were done by Prevention magazine and the American Podiatric Medical Association.

The cities ranked in the following order — Reno, Paradise, Sparks, Las Vegas, Spring Valley, Carson, Sunrise Manor, Henderson, Enterprise and North Las Vegas.

By the way, the best city for walking in the United States is Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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The Las Vegas Valley Water District is reporting today that over the past two weeks, its customers used 574 million gallons less water compared to the same two week period last year. We have the recent rain to thank for the drop in consumption (and all of you who turned off your irrigation systems during the rains). Even with the rain, July’s total was below number, as measured by the National Weather Service. For the month, we officially received .29 inches of rain, .15 below the norm of .44 inches