Community Corner
All Jammed Up
See how Winnetka's traffic stacks up to other small American communities.
From the "self-evident" file: The Business Journals' G. Scott Thomas reports that smaller cities have smoother traffic.
The holy grail of all American cities? Altus, Okla., where a cool 80.5 percent of the town's 19,345 residents can get to work in less than 15 minutes. If the grass is looking a little greener, here's another stat: only a scant 1.5 percent of Altusians have a commute longer than 45 minutes. That's compared to 15.5 percent of drivers in the rest of the U.S.
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Winnetka made Thomas's list, qualifying because of its estimated 12,344 citizens (as of 2009). But it was hardly near the top. So we don't spoil the ending: See how Winnetka (and nearby Wilmette) stacked up in the box at the bottom of the page.
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