Looking for your next weekend getaway spot … or maybe your next place to live? Resonance Consultancy reveals America’s Best Large and Small Cities for 2018 in a recent report.
To choose the winners, Resonance compared six categories: place (air quality, weather, crime rate, outdoor activities, commute time); product (university rankings, airports, entertainment, housing affordability); programming (shopping, culture, nightlife, cuisine); people (immigration rate and diversity); prosperity (employment rate, GDP, household income); and promotion (TripAdvisor reviews, Instagram Hashtags, Google search results).
The Best Cities for 2018 in the U.S.
America’s Best Large Cities (with a population of one million and above) are:
- New York
- Chicago
- Los Angeles
- San Francisco
- Las Vegas
- San Diego
- Houston
- Miami
- Seattle
- Boston
America’s Best Small Cities (with a population of under one million) are:
- Honolulu
- Omaha
- Albuquerque
- Charleston
- El Paso
- Reno
- Tulsa
- Madison
- Myrtle Beach
- Asheville
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Caroline Morse Teel is a Senior Editor at SmarterTravel. Follow her on Instagram @TravelWithCaroline.
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