This brief article speaks to what makes a community livable ....using a very simple litmus test, the time it takes a popsicle to melt. If a child can go to local store and return home safely before the popscicle melts, it is an indicator of a healthy livable community.

The full article is at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/08/the-popsicle-and-halloween-tests-what-makes-a-place-livable/244021/#.TzBDnPt92w.em