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| | Yankton Press & Dakotan: Story |
 | | A small metropolitan city is defined as a city with a population of 50,000 to 230,000. |
 | | The rankings are determined by a combination of factors that include the cost of doing business, cost of living, crime rate, culture and leisure, educational attainment, income growth, job growth, net migration and highly rated colleges in the area. |
 | | Mike Rounds, in a news release Wednesday, said that having both of South Dakota's metropolitan cities listed among the top 10 is a tribute to the state and its economy. |
| www.yankton.net /stories/051906/news_20060519018.shtml (330 words) |
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