[ChicagoConservative27]

Ann Arbor the best place?? No thanks.

[cp124]

You got to be kidding.

[qwerty1234]

looking to retire soon, and sadly I am starting to think the best place to live is no longer the united states at all....don’t like the trend the country is on, and I don’t see it getting any better in my lifetime - if ever.

[Jolla]

Yet lots of folks move to Dallas-Fort Worth or Florida.

[DesertRhino]

“ Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill are home to three top research universities”

All universities are “research universities” now. It’s the newest buzzword and they all have a certificate that proves it. They have risen above mere education. This means your class is taught by a TA, professors never show, and they can jack up the tuition rates.

[entropy12]

Fundamental flaw in this report:

Different people have different requirements for best place.

Ann Arbor might be great place if you have kids in high-school to college age brackets. It is horrible place for retired folks. Housing is expensive and taxes are high compared to other states.

If your career is in manufacturing, there are better opportunities in many places other than Ann Arbor.

[Az Joe]

https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/infrastructure/3841874-arizona-most-popular-state-to-move-to-in-2022/

AZ #1 to move to last year! Booo yahhhh!

[DesertRhino]

Although I will give Chapel Hill credit for inventing COVID-19 before they shipped it out to Wuhan.

[CatOwner]

I’m surprised there aren’t any California cities near the top of the list. I mean, they need to start pumping up Newsom’s resume now, don’t they?! /s

[rdl6989]

Somehow I knew it would be some place like that. No thanks.

[rx]

I've lived for years in Ann Arbor. *cough, cough*

It wears its leftism on its sleeve. I have to believe that was an ingredient that propelled it to the top by a biased set of "desirable" factors.

[SGCOS]

Colorado Springs? Seriously? I call this town Little Chicago, with the crime rate, shootings, absolutely uncontrolled growth with no water to support that growth and the shithole Denver just 1 hour north.

and the worst f'in roads in the nation are right here in Colorado Springs. Without a doubt!

[Brian Griffin]

College towns are often expensive places nowadays.

College kids tend to vote leftist. Expect wacky municipal policies in your golden years.

[Jim Noble]

The city, located to the southwest of Detroit

Hmmm...

[alancarp]

"Ranked third overall, Huntsville, Ala., is the fastest-growing city in that state thanks in part to its popularity with tech companies and craft breweries, according to the report. The city is also attractive to artists, as it is home to the largest privately owned arts facility in the South."

All true, plus add a robust jobs market, affordable housing, booming construction, and conservative politics statewide. Huntsville is now the largest city in the state (not the whole metro area... yet). Infrastructure is playing catch-up, but that will slowly get there.

[muir_redwoods]

I’ve spent all the time in the Midwest I want. I was born there,move back for work for two years. Never again.

[Leep]

Seattle, San Fran, Los Angeles, NYC, Chicago, Detroit, Austin, Houston, Atlanta, St. Louis, Trenton..

[Leep]

oh, and Philly.

[Jim Noble]

The first thing to look for in any “top 10 places” (or top 25, or 50, or whatever) is the weight they give to “diversity”.

A lot of these rankings place diversity very high and give it a lot of weight in their scoring system.

[rigelkentaurus]

Artists. Any place that is attracting artists is a woketopia or at least rapidly becoming a woketopia. Artists = homelessness, drugs, mentally ill, communists, homos, censorship, poor police response, high crime, and all the other things that a flaming left wing government brings.

[metmom]

Good!

They left our area out.