From San Francisco's fog-covered, cable car studded hills to Portland's laid back living, Businessweek.com compiled the top 50 best cities to live in America. With help from Bloomberg Rankings, Businessweek evaluated 100 of America's largest cities based on leisure--aspects like number of restaurants, bars, libraries, museums--and education, economic factors such as unemployment rates, as well as crime and air quality.
Here are the top five:
San Francisco
Laid back and quirky, Portland is Businessweek's number five pick. Beloved for its local food and drink scene, with a stellar art and music culture, Portland is a small city with a lot to love.
Population: 598,205
Bars: 313
Restaurants: 2,084
Museums: 20
Libraries: 23
Pro sports teams: 2
Park acres per 1,000 residents: 25
Colleges: 16
Percent with graduate degree: 11.8
Median household income: $65,554
Percent unemployed: 7.9
Median household income: $90,303
Percent unemployed: 7.2
See the full list of 50 here.
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