Movoto Real Estate's Best Places In America 2014
City | Population | Rank | Least Stressed Rank | Least Boring Rank | Least Snobby Rank | Most State Pride Rank | Most Caring Rank | Best For Cats Rank | Big Deal Score |
Birmingham, AL | 212,237 | 1 | 37 | 29 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 20.83 |
Tucson, AZ | 520,116 | 2 | 7 | 54 | 41 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 22.50 |
Rochester, NY | 210,565 | 3 | 27 | 26 | 45 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 23.33 |
Pittsburgh, PA | 305,704 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 69 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 24.17 |
Cincinnati, OH | 296,943 | 5 | 38 | 33 | 61 | 2 | 26 | 24 | 30.67 |
Buffalo, NY | 261,310 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 29 | 24 | 52 | 39 | 30.83 |
Denver, CO | 600,158 | 7 | 62 | 10 | 87 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 32.00 |
Baton Rouge, LA | 229,493 | 8 | 16 | 61 | 50 | 9 | 4 | 53 | 32.17 |
Austin, TX | 790,390 | 9 | 35 | 34 | 77 | 13 | 2 | 33 | 32.33 |
Las Vegas, NV | 583,756 | 10 | 78 | 31 | 72 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 34.17 |
Raleigh, NC | 403,892 | 10 | 24 | 42 | 78 | 26 | 12 | 23 | 34.17 |
Madison, WI | 233,209 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 92 | 10 | 40 | 47 | 35.17 |
San Antonio, TX | 1,327,407 | 12 | 30 | 76 | 8 | 33 | 48 | 16 | 35.17 |
Omaha, NE | 408,958 | 14 | 4 | 41 | 60 | 28 | 31 | 51 | 35.83 |
Cleveland, OH | 396,815 | 15 | 54 | 24 | 21 | 22 | 47 | 48 | 36.00 |
Tulsa, OK | 391,906 | 16 | 14 | 78 | 28 | 41 | 20 | 36 | 36.17 |
Tampa, FL | 335,709 | 17 | 52 | 14 | 73 | 48 | 27 | 6 | 36.67 |
Honolulu, HI | 337,256 | 18 | 68 | 7 | 93 | 11 | 15 | 29 | 37.17 |
Reno, NV | 225,221 | 19 | 27 | 39 | 78 | 34 | 36 | 10 | 37.33 |
New Orleans, LA | 343,829 | 20 | 57 | 3 | 86 | 21 | 5 | 54 | 37.67 |
Louisville, KY | 597,337 | 21 | 10 | 67 | 39 | 23 | 54 | 39 | 38.67 |
Colorado Springs, CO | 416,427 | 22 | 18 | 89 | 54 | 27 | 17 | 28 | 38.83 |
Miami, FL | 399,457 | 23 | 98 | 21 | 74 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 39.33 |
Lubbock, TX | 229,573 | 24 | 3 | 100 | 7 | 32 | 51 | 46 | 39.83 |
Orlando, FL | 238,300 | 25 | 86 | 15 | 76 | 39 | 22 | 5 | 40.50 |
Nashville, TN | 601,222 | 26 | 32 | 28 | 59 | 43 | 9 | 77 | 41.33 |
St. Louis, MO | 319,294 | 27 | 63 | 29 | 55 | 62 | 33 | 7 | 41.50 |
St. Paul, MN | 285,068 | 28 | 24 | 11 | 53 | 37 | 70 | 57 | 42.00 |
Houston, TX | 2,099,451 | 29 | 58 | 49 | 36 | 14 | 23 | 77 | 42.83 |
Wichita, KS | 382,368 | 30 | 8 | 86 | 20 | 54 | 79 | 11 | 43.00 |
Seattle, WA | 608,660 | 31 | 83 | 6 | 98 | 17 | 29 | 32 | 44.17 |
Albuquerque, NM | 545,852 | 32 | 16 | 56 | 64 | 45 | 75 | 13 | 44.83 |
Fort Worth, TX | 741,206 | 33 | 36 | 51 | 19 | 52 | 45 | 70 | 45.50 |
Corpus Christi, TX | 305,215 | 34 | 15 | 78 | 6 | 46 | 68 | 61 | 45.67 |
Dallas, TX | 1,197,816 | 35 | 79 | 67 | 37 | 8 | 18 | 67 | 46.00 |
Kansas City, MO | 459,787 | 36 | 42 | 38 | 52 | 42 | 39 | 64 | 46.17 |
Portland, OR | 583,776 | 37 | 56 | 8 | 95 | 6 | 41 | 73 | 46.50 |
Columbus, OH | 787,033 | 38 | 33 | 40 | 32 | 49 | 78 | 48 | 46.67 |
Mesa, AZ | 439,041 | 38 | 39 | 92 | 9 | 73 | 48 | 19 | 46.67 |
Oklahoma City, OK | 579,999 | 40 | 11 | 58 | 22 | 53 | 76 | 63 | 47.17 |
Jacksonville, FL | 821,784 | 41 | 50 | 80 | 43 | 61 | 48 | 9 | 48.50 |
Scottsdale, AZ | 217,385 | 41 | 48 | 23 | 97 | 55 | 30 | 38 | 48.50 |
Lincoln, NE | 258,379 | 43 | 1 | 66 | 68 | 44 | 71 | 43 | 48.83 |
Bakersfield, CA | 347,483 | 44 | 54 | 55 | 24 | 64 | 76 | 21 | 49.00 |
Minneapolis, MN | 382,578 | 45 | 43 | 9 | 88 | 19 | 65 | 71 | 49.17 |
St. Petersburg, FL | 244,769 | 45 | 68 | 16 | 48 | 51 | 97 | 15 | 49.17 |
Santa Ana, CA | 324,528 | 47 | 72 | 63 | 57 | 94 | 7 | 3 | 49.33 |
Sacramento, CA | 466,488 | 48 | 77 | 48 | 80 | 12 | 21 | 59 | 49.50 |
Toledo, OH | 287,208 | 49 | 9 | 72 | 10 | 59 | 69 | 80 | 49.83 |
Memphis, TN | 646,889 | 50 | 34 | 76 | 12 | 72 | 54 | 54 | 50.33 |