Portland, Atlanta and Seattle top ranking of best US cities or 2013 (compare, place)

[18Montclair]

Congrats.

America's 10 Best Cities for 2013
1. Portland, OR
2. Atlanta, GA
3. Seattle, WA
4. San Francisco, CA
5. Washington, DC
6. Raleigh, NC
7. San Diego, CA
7. Denver, CO
9. Miami, FL
10. Las Vegas, NV

See their methodology here: These Are America's 10 Best Cities for 2013

[kidd_funkadelic]

Wait...... they ranked Oakland the most exciting city?

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by kidd_funkadelic

Wait...... they ranked Oakland the most exciting city?

I know, I was upset because I don't really want people to know. *madface*

[CMAN83]

horrible list

[Minervah]

Some pretty dumb criteria.

[18Montclair]

lol tough crowd.

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Just another list. Pick a list and make it yours.

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by peterlemonjello

Just another list. Pick a list and make it yours.

Yeah, and also include your criteria.

Here is theirs:

We decided to take the Big Deal Scores from 15 of our national-level top 10 cities lists published in 2013 and average them out to produce an overall score for each city for the entire year. More specifically, we focused on a starting list of the 50 most populous cities in the country based on official 2010 Census figures.

Why not larger? Well, some of our earlier rankings only looked at 50 cities; more recent ones look at 100—or more. In order to keep things fair, we had to compare equal lists, so we settled on the 50 city cap.

As for the rankings we used to create this meta-ranking, they were:
1. Worst Dressed Cities (using the “losers” from this ranking)
2. Nerdiest Cities
3. Most Exciting Cities
4. Most Family Friendly Cities
5. Most Unhealthy Cities (using the “losers” again)
6. Smartest Cities
7. Most Saintly Cities
8. Hardest Working Cities
9. Most Steampunk Cities (remember the “go awesome” part?)
10. Funniest Cities
11. Worst Cities for Food Lovers (yep, the “losers” of this one, too)
12. Preppiest Cities
13. Best Cities for Meat Lovers
14. Best Cities for Movie Lovers
15. Best Cities for Home Buyers

Like we said earlier, the whole process was eerily reminiscent of Doctor Frankenstein’s mad scheme to build one person from the parts of others. Fortunately, in our case, the result didn’t wake up and start terrorizing the countryside–but we’re pretty sure it’s afraid of fire.

Furthermore, this is a ranking of 2013 only, not all time. Perhaps Portland, Atlanta and Seattle are cities with the most momentum in 2013 overall? I dunno.

[greenlite]

"Our best city in America for 2013, Portland posted stellar scores across the board, especially when it came to nerdiness and being excellent for movie lovers."

to me nerdiness is neither exciting nor great
list fail.

[Boston Shudra]

Originally Posted by kidd_funkadelic

Wait...... they ranked Oakland the most exciting city?

And Boston got #2. Ha! (NYC got #6)

Also surprised that a) Boston didn't even place in their "smartest cities" ranking and b) Atlanta is their "nerdiest city".