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For the third year in a row, Austin has been declared the best city to settle down in the United States.

The US News & World Report released its 2019 Best Place To Live in America list this week, only for the Texas city to once again reign supreme.

Coming in second and third were Colorado cities Denver and Colorado Springs, respectively, followed by Fayetteville, Arkansas, and Des Moines, Iowa.

The US News & World report evaluated the 125 most populous metropolitan areas in America for the list, examining everything from affordability to quality of life and job prospects.

It considered each city’s availability of health care, crime rates, and median household income.

How many people were moving to the city or leaving it – known as net migration – was also a major factor.

In addition to these statistics, the site also polled 2,500 people from across the US and asked where they would prefer to live to create a desirability index.

Austin scored a 9 out of 10 in desirability and continues to have a net migration score higher than most cities on the list.

 

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Denver scored an 8.8 in desirability while Colorado Springs got a perfect 10.

The report explains that both Colorado cities have been doing well thanks to booming cannabis and construction industries, respectively.

Fayetteville only received a 5.5 in desirability, but received nothing lower than a 7 in terms of value, job market, quality of life, or net migration.

The report fond that Fayetteville has experienced ‘drastic growth’ in recent years and become a ‘center of higher education, culture, commerce, and entrepreneurialism’.

Des Moines may be known as a fly-over state, but it received sky high marks in value, job market, quality of life, and net migration as well.

While no Pacific Northwest city hit the top five, the West Coast still did well overall.

San Francisco jumped from number 20 to number 7 this year, and was joined in the top 10 by Portland and Seattle, while San Jose, California nabbed the 14th spot.

The same can’t be said for the East Coast. Washington DC was the only Northeast city to make the top 20, falling to number 19 after earning the eighth spot last year.

Meanwhile, New York City found itself all the way in 90th place.

‘Our Northeastern cities, which are epicenters of higher education and economic development, are not growing nearly as much as places in Florida, California and Texas,’ Devon Thorsby, real estate editor for US News & World Report, said in a statement.

‘Plus, they are expensive to live in. Top-ranked places have the characteristics people are looking for, including steady job growth, affordability and a high quality of life.’

San Juan, Puerto Rico took the last spot once again as it continues to recover from the 2017 Hurricane Maria.

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