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Even though I hate Miami, it has a beautiful setting by the water. Key Biscayne is great.
I like Tampa's setting too.
Atlanta's got a bunch of trees and is close to the Appalachian mountains.
Minneapolis has the Mississippi River, an abundance of trees and lakes and water falls throughout the city, and the park system does a great job of preserving them and making them accessible to the public.
If you appreciate the beauty of the bayou, New Orleans definitely has some nice old southern natural charm, to go with the architectural charm.
This is from cities I've been to. The Rocky Mountain cities are undoubtedly beautiful but I've yet to see them for myself.
For me, Pittsburgh is the clear winner. The rivers, the rolling hills, the lack of ugly suburban sprawl. It's gorgeous.
Cincinnati is breathtaking--if you're looking at it from Kentucky. But once you actually get into the city, it's another story. They don't call it the Nasty Natti for nothing.
Salt Lake City looks amazing from the pictures I've seen, but I haven't been lucky enough to visit.
Tucson could be contender, but I don't know if it counts as a big city (metro area is just over a million).
I also think Kansas City, Minneapolis, New York City, and Washington DC do well with what they have, but I wouldn't really call them breathtaking.
I'll have to disagree with the posters repping Denver and Phoenix. Neither are really all that close to mountains, and the suburbs of both cities, to my taste, are among the least attractive places in the country: strip malls, brown dirt, tumbleweeds, cookie-cutter houses, big freeways, stucco everywhere. Yuck. I think Phoenix is a little prettier than Denver though (better sunsets).
Albany has a lot of potential, but the downtown architecture, which is reminiscent of a 1960's sci-fi flick, clashes with the natural surroundings.
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No other cities outside of the West Coast/PNW comes close. Not NYC, Not Chicago, Not Philly, Not Boston.
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