Top 10 Cities in the U.S.

Business week has come up with an interesting list of the top 50 American cities to live in.
Number 10 is Anchorage, Alaska, which ranks high because of its fantastic air quality and ridiculous 1.7 park acres per resident.
9th on the list is San Francisco--a well-rounded city that has it all.
Number 8 is Virginia Beach, a beautiful beach city with miles of boardwalks.
San Diego, the city with the best weather in the country, is 7th on the list.
Ranked 6th is Washington DC, the nation's capital with some of the best museums in the world and the lowest foreclosure rate on the list.
Irvine, California - no. 5 - has the best schools of any city on the list and a median income of $92,195.
Fourth is Scottsdale, Arizona, the wealthy Phoenix suburb surprisingly beat out the california cities in the top 10.
Gorgeous Honolulu, HI comes in third with low unemployment and a low foreclosure rate.
Second is Arlington, Virginia with the lowest unemployment rate of cities on the list and ⅔ of its population holding college degrees.
And number one is Raleigh, NC. It is perhaps the most well-rounded city with thriving schools and universities, a great cultural scene and beautiful parks.
The rankings were based on 16 criteria, which include: the number of restaurants, bars, and museums per capita; the number of colleges, libraries, and professional sports teams; the income, poverty, unemployment, crime, and foreclosure rates; percent of population with bachelor's degrees, public school performance, park acres per 1,000 residents, and air quality. Greater weighting was placed on recreational amenities such as parks, bars, restaurants, and museums, and on educational attainment, school performance, poverty, and air quality.
Some surprising omissions from the top 50 were Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Miami.
What cities would be in your top 10 if you could make your own list?

See the full list here:
http://images.businessweek.com/slideshows/20110920/america-s-50-best-cities/

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[MasterBeebop99]

@Reno949 Ahh you're a little Mexican cunt. Hey you little faggot,you listen me your dirty little country better stop killing tourist or you're going to get the US military shoved down your fucking throats and occupied. Any country from now on that challenges America and attempts an attack,shall be invaded by the US air force and Navy and occupied an American state.

[omartiz95]

America? i hope American cityes like, Buenos Aires, Bogota, Mexico City...

America is not USA, USA is USA and America is a Continent !!!

[Reno949]

@MasterBeebop99

Nop, i'm not from Europe and U.S.A before not was vital for the world, now yeah and will be it but another will be more powerful, as always has sucese in the world and your first comentary was rude.

[MasterBeebop99]

@Reno949 Europe is our ally,we work with you. You're our founders and our relatives,U.S.A and Europe must coexist.

[Reno949]

Look, it's not my intention to fight on this issue, I just want to show them what is true, I know America is said to U.S., But this is because he has been mistakenly throughout history, do not ask them to day to day change your ideology, the only thing I ask is that you analyze even a little bit and I repeat do not mean to cause a fight over this.

¡SALUDOS!

[Reno949]

@MasterBeebop99

Europe was the world leader for a long time and then replaced your country, a matter of time for someone else to remove the post.

Gente como tú no vale la pena ni por discutir por algo que es de simple lógica.

Es más razonable leedaomillz que tú.

[MasterBeebop99]

@Reno949 Nope,we own the world thus we say what we want.

[Viktir666]

@mikeohohoh7 Your comment "you sound retarded" leads me to believe you have no idea how to intelligently debate something. Just because you disagree with my observation, you're going to flip out and call me "retarded"? Kid, go away, I only debate those who can handle themselves as an intelligent adult.

[mikeohohoh7]

@Viktir666 are you joking? The crime rate is the lowest its ever been! You prob dont live here or you prob live in anacostia because you sound retarded.

[Viktir666]

Washington DC is a steaming pile of shit now. It's crime rates are horrid.