Better cities Washington, Colorado, or Georgia (live, state, largest, population)

[nortonguy]

What state has the better cities to live in?? Washington, Colorado, or Georgia. This is a good competition between the three states.. All of them have a major city and a bunch of mid size cities..

1. Diversity
2. Culture
3. Restaurants and Retail
4. Economy/Job Market
5. Parades/Gay/Latino/Greek
6. Arts/Festivals/Museums
7. Higher end shopping
8. Walkability
9. Colleges/Universities
10. Vibrant downtowns

Washington- Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane, Olympia, Vancouver,
Colorado- Denver, Colorado Springs, Boulder, Fort Collins, Pueblo
Georgia- Atlanta, Augusta, Savannah, Columbus, Macon

[DeaconJ]

For Georgia I would add Athens to the mix...very diverse and walkable; home to the University of Georgia; population 100,000+.

[DANNYY]

1. Diversity
- Atlanta is probably the most diverse main city, IMHO. But Seattle and Denver are no slouch.

2. Culture
- All three have three distinct cultures, Southern, Mountain, Pacific Northwest.

3. Restaurants and Retail
- I feel shopping is better in Atlanta, but I've heard a lot of people talk about their shopping experience in Denver too.

4. Economy/Job Market
- Denver's economy is growing faster than the other two, but Atlanta's is probably the largest, and Seattle has some great companies there.

5. Parades/Gay/Latino/Greek
- All three can work for gay, they're all pretty friendly with that. Latino influence is probably Denver, and parades would probably be all of them too.

6. Arts/Festivals/Museums
- All, but I think Seattle and Atlanta have better art scene and museums.

7. Higher end shopping
- Atlanta has the edge, but Seattle and Denver have great shopping as well.

8. Walkability
- Seattle and Denver have a large edge on Atlanta here.

9. Colleges/Universities
- I think Atlanta has better known schools, but Denver has some great schools nearby as well.

10. Vibrant downtowns
- Denver and Seattle have a great downtown, so does Atlanta but it's more of a business climate.