Kiplinger's 10 Best Cities For Next Decade

[Guest FourAces]

The list represents cities where the population seems to be young and very well educated.

1. Austin, Tex.

2. Seattle, Wash.

3. Washington, D.C.

4. Boulder, Colo.

5. Salt Lake City, Utah

6. Rochester, Minn.

7. Des Moines, Iowa

8. Burlington, Vt.

9. West Hartford, Conn.

10. Topeka, Kan.

You can read details and even see a brief video of the Top 10 cities at Kiplinger's site.

[TampaYankee]

Hmmm....

Visited Austin 40 years ago for a professional tech meeting. My first plane flight ever. Nice enough town (I like University towns) but too hot for me and, as I mentioned elsewhere, as a place to sink roots Texas never has grabbed me. If I had to live in Texas it would probably be Austin or San Antonio.

Loved Seattle when I visted a couple of times 25 years ago. I fear it has become too expensive and too busy for me now. Not sure about the economic environment with Boeing gone.

I've lived 5+ years in Washington DC 35 years ago. Loved it then but I fear it has gotten too busy for me anymore. Still believe I would love the countryside. Heavenly Spring time.

Always been curious about Boulder and might have moved there in earlier life had the opportunity presented itself. But that is pure speculation without ever having visited.

No interest at all in the other cities for various reasons.

Guess I'll have to stay put for now.

[JKane]

I loved Austin when I visited, only place I can imagine I'd want to live in Texas (never been to San Antonio).

Other than Seattle and DC, I was surprised how little interest the rest of the list held for me. Wouldn't want anything to do with Salt Lake City, as cute as those repressed Mormon boys are.

I like college towns too, one of my favorites was Ann Arbor, Michigan.

[Guest FourAces]

Being back in Texas I will have to take a trip to Austin. I don't think I would want to live there but it is a fun place to visit. Otherwise, like JK mentioned not too many cities on the list interest me. Then in all fairness to Dallas before I moved here on a whim based on my brothers suggestion about 5 years ago I never would have thought I would like the city let alone even live here ... in fact a few years ago to just recently I did leave and lived in Miami a placed a lived as a child for a while... but after two years there it was enough ... I spend much of my time in noisy casinos so I like a place to get away, a little more quietness in my old age. That is the main reason I returned to Dallas area.

[Guest zipperzone]

Hmmm....

Visited Austin 40 years ago for a professional tech meeting. My first plane flight ever. Nice enough town (I like University towns) but too hot for me and, as I mentioned elsewhere, as a place to sink roots Texas never has grabbed me. If I had to live in Texas it would probably be Austin or San Antonio.

Loved Seattle when I visted a couple of times 25 years ago. I fear it has become too expensive and too busy for me now. Not sure about the economic environment with Boeing gone.

I've lived 5+ years in Washington DC 35 years ago. Loved it then but I fear it has gotten too busy for me anymore. Still believe I would love the countryside. Heavenly Spring time.

Always been curious about Boulder and might have moved there in earlier life had the opportunity presented itself. But that is pure speculation without ever having visited.

No interest at all in the other cities for various reasons.

Guess I'll have to stay put for now.

You sound as if one of your criteria is a city that's not too busy.

Years ago when I lived in Montreal I would visit Burlington Vt (#8 o the list) quite often. Beautiful little town in a state known for its rural lifestyle.

I'd move there in a NY minute. And as a bonus, Montreal and all its strip clubs is an easy drive away.

[Guest CharliePS]

The list represents cities where the population seems to be young and very well educated.

1. Austin, Tex.

2. Seattle, Wash.

3. Washington, D.C.

4. Boulder, Colo.

5. Salt Lake City, Utah

6. Rochester, Minn.

7. Des Moines, Iowa

8. Burlington, Vt.

9. West Hartford, Conn.

10. Topeka, Kan.

You can read details and even see a brief video of the Top 10 cities at Kiplinger's site.

I was in Austin recently, and was impressed by how vibrant it was, but it is really a place for younger people, not me. I like Seattle, but the gray winters would depress me. I love Burlington and flirted with moving there when I retired, but I couldn't take the cold and snow in the winter. I've spent a lot of time in DC over the last 50 years, but I have never been able to develop a fondness for it. I've never been to Boulder, but it intrigues me. All the others I've seen, and have no further interest in them.