10 Best American Cities to Live in Based on Culture, Education, and More

• Stability
• Health care
• Culture and environment
• Education and infrastructure

The cities were then ranked on a 100-point scale. For the third year in a row, Vienna, Austria, was ranked as the best city in the world to live. Halfway around the world, no city in the United States made it into the top 20 best places to live.

The report notes that a trend in the United States this year is that small cities are outperforming large metropolitan areas.

Two of America’s most popular cities, New York and Los Angeles, do not make the top 10: they rank 70th and 58th respectively.

For the second year in a row, Honolulu ranked as the best U.S. city to live in, according to the EIU. She ranks 23rd on the world list, up from 25th in 2023.

The Hawaiian city ranked first because of its high scores in education, infrastructure and stability compared to other U.S. cities.

Living in Honolulu also means living in a city located in one of the most expensive states in the United States, according to CNBC’s America’s Top States for Business study. It ranks highly based on a price index for a range of goods and services.

The cost of living in Hawaii is high due to several factors, including the fact that many items on the island are imported. According to this CNBC study, gas prices in the state are among the highest in the country.

Honolulu is also the western metro area with the largest rent increase for one-bedroom apartments in a year. Rent in the area increased 3.3%, from $1,783 in 2023 to $1,841 in 2024, according to Apartment List rent estimate data for April 2023 to April 2024, analyzed by CNBC Make It.

1. Honolulu Hawaii
2. Atlanta, Georgia
3. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
4. Seattle, Washington.
5. Washington, D.C.
6. Chicago, Illinois
7. Boston, Massachusetts
8. Miami, Florida
9. San Francisco, California.
10. Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Atlanta, Georgia is the second best city to live in the United States. The city ranks 29th on the global list, ahead of other major U.S. cities like New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

Home to mega-corporations like Coca-Cola and Delta Air Lines, Atlanta has been named the best place to start your own business in 2023, according to LinkedIn. Atlanta was recognized as the No. 1 metro area in the U.S. with the fastest year-over-year growth, 92 percent, in the number of people starting their own businesses, according to the job search site .

The metro area is growing “at a breakneck pace” due to a strong jobs recovery since the pandemic, Fox 5 Atlanta reports.

Atlanta dominates in industries like transportation and film and television production. It is also home to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, considered the busiest airport in the world.

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