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As a former reviewer mentioned, the methodology used for determining the best places to live in the U.S. in this book is utterly bizarre. The most obscure, po-dunk towns all get top rankings while Portland Oregon is the only city of any size that appears in the top twenty or so listings. Now, Portland is a great city, but you'll find Seattle, New York, Los Angeles, Boston and San Francisco all down below the obscure places. The bottom line is that everyone has different things they are looking for and a city slicker like myself would never, ever be truly happy in a city under a certain size or in a highly 'red' political climate. Why oh why Wiley publishers chose to replace the excellent Places Rated Almanac (published since 1981) with this new book is a mystery! Get the 2000 edition of Places Rated Almanac for a more practical look at the best cities in America.