The 25 Best Places to Live in the U.S. for Quality of Life

Rockville, Maryland

This suburb of Washington DC is a hub for biomedical tech companies and not surprisingly it has some very affluent residents.Rockville is a Maryland city near Washington, D.C. Restaurants and shops are clustered around Rockville Town Square, with its lawn and seasonal ice-skating rink. The grounds of the early-1800s Beall-Dawson House include the Stonestreet Museum of 19th-Century Medicine. Civic Center Park has gardens and trails. Northeast, in Rock Creek Regional Park, Meadowside Nature Center has nature and culture exhibits.