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Union Co. towns named 'Best Places to Live in N.C.'

None — UNION COUNTY, N.C.

Yahoo recently released its Top 20 rankings for the best places to live in North Carolina and one local county is getting a lot of praise.

Union County has four locations in the Top 20 including the No. 1 and the No. 2 spots.

The rankings list Marvin, N.C. as the best place to live in the state followed by Weddington, N.C.

The rankings are based a grading system comprised from three areas: median household income, educational attainment and property crime rates per 1,000 residents.

The other two Union County areas are Waxhaw, which comes in at No. 16 and Wesley Chapel, which ranks at No. 19.

Two Mecklenburg County areas made the list: Davidson at No. 3 and Huntersville, which ranks No. 12 on the list.

Five of the other locations are suburbs of Raleigh, four are suburbs of Greensboro, two are suburbs of Asheville, two are suburbs of Wilmington and one is a suburb of Greenville.

Check out the entire list, right here.