Is Austin the best place to live in the USA?

June 12th, 2007

Based on several polls over the past year, a pattern has emerged. It seems that Austin Texas is consistently ranked high up on practically all categories from all sources.

Ranked
1st - Best Big City Places to Live MSN House & Home
1st - Best City for Hispanics (2004) Hispanic
2nd - Best Large City for Relocating Families Worldwide ERC & Primacy Relocation
3rd - Cool Cities Kiplinger
3rd - Top Growth Cities U-Haul
3rd - Great Places to Live Life 2.0
4th - Fastest Growing Cities Men’s Journal
4th - Smartest Cities Men’s Journal
5th - (2006) Most Educated Cities MSN Encarta
10th - Interesting Neighborhoods Travel-Leisure, America’s Favorite Cities
11th - Best Places for Singles Forbes
18th - Top US Destination Cities U-Haul
22nd - Top Rated Cities (2004) Cities Ranked & Rated
26th - Brainiest Cities American City Business Journals
27th - Best Cities for Families Child.com
27th - Best Cities for Seniors Bankers Life and Casualty
28th - Large Kid-Friendly Cities (2004; grade: B+) Population Connection
32nd - Fiscally Fit Places Sperling’s
35th - Best Places to Live Men’s Journal

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