How "SUSTAINABLE" is Your City?
By Ann Cummings, Portsmouth NH Real Estate Preferrable Agent
(RE/MAX Shoreline - NH and Maine)
I was reading a copy of Midwest Living Magazine over the holidays, and came across a small little article that was titled, "Midwest Metros Get Green". The title caught my eye, so I read a little more....This article was talking about cities that had been ranked as being among the most 'sustainable' in America. To be considered 'sustainable', the group who did the ranking looked at public transportation, local food sources, energy usage, water and air quality, park space, walkability, and more. Other factors they looked at, in the event of how well a city can perform in the face of emergencies, was energy crisis preparedness and natural disaster risk. SustainLane.com is the group that did this ranking. In addition to the above factors, they also took into consideration the quality o...
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