America's Best Large and Small Cities for 2018 Are:

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Looking for your next weekend getaway spot … or maybe your next place to live? Resonance Consultancy reveals America’s Best Large and Small Cities for 2018 in a recent report.

To choose the winners, Resonance compared six categories: place (air quality, weather, crime rate, outdoor activities, commute time); product (university rankings, airports, entertainment, housing affordability); programming (shopping, culture, nightlife, cuisine); people (immigration rate and diversity); prosperity (employment rate, GDP, household income); and promotion (TripAdvisor reviews, Instagram Hashtags, Google search results).

The Best Cities for 2018 in the U.S.

America’s Best Large Cities (with a population of one million and above) are:

New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Las Vegas
San Diego
Houston
Miami
Seattle
Boston

America’s Best Small Cities (with a population of under one million) are:

Honolulu
Omaha
Albuquerque
Charleston
El Paso
Reno
Tulsa
Madison
Myrtle Beach
Asheville

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