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Sammamish is America's friendliest town

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Forbes has rated America's friendliest towns and Sammamish is at the top of the list.

Forbes describes the Eastside suburb as a community where "wives swap recipes while their husbands trade tools" (am I the only one having a Stepford Wives flashback?).

Other contributing factors include a crime rate that's 90% below the national average, and a healthy economic environment where nearly 90% of residents own their own homes.

Here are the top 5 friendliest towns according to Forbes:

  1. Sammamish, WA
  2. Orinda, CA
  3. Fishers, IN
  4. Seal Beach, CA
  5. Westerville, OH

Forbes and Nextdoor.com evaluated 500 small metro areas with populations between 5,500 and 150,000.

They rated the top 15based on education, crime rate, charitable giving and home ownership.

Dave Meyer has been anchoring KNKX news shows since 1987. He grew up along the shores of Hood Canal near Belfair and graduated from Washington State University with degrees in communications and psychology.