2,257 responses

Major US cities: where I'd live, averaged

Would you live in each city? Every city is colored by its mean rating. This is a survey of the people who filled it in, not of the country.

Boundaries from Natural Earth, public domain.
AlbuquerqueAnchorageAtlantaAustinBaltimoreBaton RougeBoiseBostonBridgeportBuffaloChicagoCincinnatiClevelandColorado SpringsColumbiaCorpus ChristiDallasDenverDes MoinesDetroitEl PasoFresnoFt. WorthHonoluluHoustonIndianapolisJacksonJacksonvilleKansas CityKnoxvilleLaredoLas VegasLos AngelesMemphisMiamiMilwaukeeMinneapolisNashvilleNew OrleansNew YorkNorfolkOklahoma CityOmahaOrlandoPhiladelphiaPhoenixPittsburghPortlandRaleighRenoRichmondRochesterSacramentoSalemSalt Lake CitySan AntonioSan BernardinoSan DiegoSan FranciscoSan JoseSeattleShreveportSpokaneSt. LouisSt. PaulSyracuseTampaTucsonTulsaVancouverWashington, D.C.
  1. Never
  2. Probably not
  3. Maybe
  4. Yes
  5. Absolutely
The ranking
Highest average first
  1. 01New York3.97
  2. 02Chicago3.81
  3. 03Boston3.72
  4. 04Seattle3.71
  5. 05San Francisco3.35
  6. 06Philadelphia3.32
  7. 07Washington, D.C.3.32
  8. 08San Diego3.27
  9. 09Denver3.22
  10. 10Portland3.15
  11. 11Minneapolis3.03
  12. 12Los Angeles2.89
  13. 13Pittsburgh2.88
  14. 14St. Paul2.87
  15. 15Vancouver2.84
  16. 16Honolulu2.76
  17. 17San Jose2.72
  18. 18Austin2.58
  19. 19Raleigh2.57
  20. 20Colorado Springs2.56
Where people disagreed most
Widest split first
  1. Minneapolis24% agreed
  2. Washington, D.C.27% agreed
  3. St. Paul24% agreed
  4. Honolulu26% agreed
  5. Portland27% agreed
  6. Los Angeles23% agreed
  7. Austin32% agreed
  8. San Francisco28% agreed
  9. New York52% agreed
  10. Philadelphia29% agreed