PART I: POPULATION & ECONOMICS1 METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS
1.1 Overview
1.2 MSA Populations
2 METROPOLITAN GDP
2.1 Overview
2.2 MSA GDP
3 METROPOLITAN ECONOMIC PROFILES
3.1 Overview
3.2 Income Tiers And Net Gain/Loss
3.3 Analyses
4 MICROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS
4.1 Overview
4.2 ìSA Populations
5 POPULATION MIGRATION
5.1 Top Cities For Net Move-Ins
5.2 Where Baby Boomers Are Moving
5.3 Where Generation X Is Moving
5.4 Where Millennials Are Moving
5.5 Where Generation Z Is Moving
5.6 Resources
6 HEALTH
6.1 Overview
6.2 Metropolitan Assessment
7 MEDIA
7.1 Radio
7.2 Television
8 RESTAURANTS
8.1 Overview
8.2 Restaurant Sales, Unit Counts, and Sales Per Unit
9 SPORTS
9.1 Best Sports Cities
9.2 Top Minor League Markets
10 TRAVEL & TOURISM
10.1 Overview
10.2 Travel and Tourism Statistics
11 CASINOS
11.1 Casino Visits
12 DINING OUT
12.1 Restaurant Visits
12.2 Full-Service Restaurant Visits
12.3 Quick-Service Restaurant Visits
13 GARDENING
13.1 Adults Who Garden
14 MUSIC CONCERTS
14.1 Concert Attendance
15 SPECTATOR SPORTS
15.1 Avid Sports Fans City-by-City
15.2 Spectator Sports Attendance
15.3 Fan Ranking By Sport
16 TRAVEL
16.1 Overview
16.2 Business Trips
16.3 Business Air Travel
16.4 International Air Travel
16.5 Hotel Stays
16.6 Rental Car Use
16.7 Ocean Cruises
17 ALL-AMERICAN CITIES
17.1 Overview
17.2 Recent Award Winners
17.3 All-Time Award Winners
18 GREAT PLACES
18.1 Overview
18.2 Great Neighborhoods
18.3 Great Public Spaces
18.4 Great Streets
19 HISTORIC COMMUNITIES
19.1 Historic Communities
19.2 Historic Preservation and Downtown Revitalization
20 MUNICIPAL EQUALITY
20.1 Municipal Equality Index
20.2 Market Resources
21 RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES
21.1 Overview
21.2 Ranking
21.3 Top Destinations
22 SMALL TOWNS
22.1 Best Small Towns To Visit
22.2 Towns With Architectural Significance
22.3 Coolest Small Towns
22.4 Friendliest Small Towns
22.5 Most Beautiful Small Towns
22.6 Small Towns For Leisure Activities
22.7 Readers Choice Awards
22.8 Market Resources
23 SMART CITIES
23.1 Digital Cities Survey Award
23.2 Smart Cities North America Awards
23.3 U.S. Smart Awards
24 STAR-RATED COMMUNITIES
24.1 Overview
24.2 Certified Star Communities
25 POPULATION CENTERS OF U.S. AFFLUENCE
25.1 Most Affluent ZIP Codes
25.2 Most Expensive ZIP Codes
25.3 Millionaire & Billionaire Households
26 ARTS & CULTURE
26.1 Most Arts-Vibrant Communities
26.2 Best Small Arts Towns
26.3 Best Cities For Culture
26.4 Street Art
27 BEST PLACES TO LIVE
27.1 Assessments
27.1.1 Livability
27.1.2 Money
27.1.3 MovingWaldo
27.1.4 Niche
27.1.5 U.S. News & World Reports
28 BEST PLACES TO RETIRE
28.1 Assessments
28.1.1 Forbes
28.1.2 GoBankingRates
28.1.3 Kiplinger
28.1.4 Niche
28.1.5 Sperling’s BestPlaces
28.1.6 U.S. News & World Report
29 BEST FOR FAMILIES
29.1 Best Places To Raise A Family
29.2 Best Pubic School Systems
30 BEST FOOD CITIES
30.1 Assessments
30.1.1 Food & Wine
30.1.2 Travel + Leisure
30.1.3 Travel Awaits
30.1.4 U.S. News & World Reports
30.1.5 WalletHub
31 BEST FOR GARDENING
31.1 Best Cities for Green Thumbs
31.2 Best Cities for Urban Gardening
32 BEST FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
32.1 Best Cities For An Active Lifestyle
32.2 Best Cities For Outdoor Activities
33 BEST FOR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
33.1 Best Neighborhoods For Young Professionals
34 BEST NEIGHBORHOODS
34.1 Best Neighborhoods To Live
34.2 Coolest Neighborhoods
34.3 Most Affordable Neighborhoods
34.4 Best Neighborhoods To Visit
34.5 Resources
35 BEST-MANAGED CITIES
35.1 Best-Managed Cities
36 CREATIVE CITIES
36.1 UNESCO Creative Cities
36.2 Best Cities In The U.S. For Creatives
36.3 Best Creative Escapes
37 DOG-FRIENDLY CITIES
37.1 Overview
37.2 Ranking
38 ENVIRONMENTAL
38.1 Overview
38.2 Cleanest Cities
38.3 Dirtiest Cities
38.4 Overall Pollution
38.5 Air Quality
38.6 Greenhouse Gas Emissions
38.7 Waste Generation
38.8 Waste Infrastructure
39 FASTEST-GROWING CITIES
39.1 Fastest-Growing Large Metros
39.2 Fastest Growing Among All Cities and Towns
39.3 Metros Most Primed for Development
40 GREENEST CITIES
40.1 Environmentally Friendly Lifestyle
41 HEALTHIEST CITIES
41.1 Healthiest Cities
41.2 Healthiest Places To Live
42 LOWEST COST OF LIVING
42.1 Overview
42.2 Metropolitan Area Ranking
42.3 Small Town Ranking
43 MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES
43.1 Most Beautiful Cities
43.2 Most Beautiful Towns
43.3 Most Beautiful Places to Visit
44 MOST DIVERSE CITIES
44.1 Overall Diversity
44.2 Ethnic Diversity
45 MOST EDUCATED CITIES
45.1 Most Educated Major Cities
45.2 Most Educated Metros
45.3 Graduate Degrees
46 MOST FUN CITIES
46.1 Best Cities For Having Fun
46.2 Entertainment and Recreation
46.3 Nightlife and Parties
47 NEIGHBORLY CITIES
47.1 Overview
47.2 Most Neighborly Cities
48 NIGHTLIFE
48.1 Top Cities For Nightlife
48.2 Bars & Nightclubs
49 PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
49.1 Most Physically Active Cities
50 QUALITY OF LIFE
50.1 Quality of Life Index
50.2 Ranking
51 RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE MARKETS
51.1 Realtor.com Assessment
50.2 Zillow Assessment
52 SAFEST CITIES
52.1 Ranking
52.2 Home And Community Safety
52.3 Natural Disasters
53 SINGLES RATIOS
53.1 Overview
53.2 Ratios In Metropolitan Areas
54 TOURISM
54.1 Favorite Cities For Tourists
55 TRAFFIC CONGESTION
55.1 Overview
55.2 Least Congested Cities
56 WALKING & BIKING
56.1 Top Walking Cities
56.2 Best Cities For Biking
56.3 Mountain Biking
APPENDIX A - ANALYSTS & RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS
APPENDIX B - ASSOCIATIONS
APPENDIX C - GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
APPENDIX D - ONLINE RESOURCES
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