Inspired (as so often) by Chris, I checked out Sperling’s Best Places to see where my ideal place to live might be. Of course, this only looks at the US, so thoughts of London, Oxford, Paris or Melbourne will have to wait. My top ten:
1 San Francisco, CA
2 Boston, MA-NH-ME
3 Long Island, NY
4 Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV
5 Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA
6 New York, NY
7 Pittsburgh, PA
8 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI
9 Chicago, IL
10 Stamford-Norwalk, CT
I could have guessed the first two, but it’s interesting that a fairly complex multivariate analysis came up with the same results. Dunno why Los Angeles in in there – maybe museums and music.