Where I Should Supposedly Live

Providence, Rhode Island New England’s Best Kept Kept Secret This Rhode Island spot is the home of the award-winning flaming sculpture WaterFire, installed on the three rivers of downtown... Population: 1,213,000 | Average Home Price: $242,000 | Precipitation: 48" | Snow: 32"

Portland, Oregon City of Roses This Oregon city has the nation's largest forested municipal park, the aptly-named Forest Park… Population: 2,000,000 | Average Home Price: $259,000 | Precipitation: 36" | Snow: 5"

Baltimore, Maryland The Sparkling Harbor City This Atlantic seaboard city is home to the National Aquarium… Population: 651,000 | Average Home Price: $310,000 | Precipitation: 40" | Snow: 18"

Little Rock, Arkansas Where America Comes Together All Maybelline products distributed in the U.S. are made in this fashion-conscious spot… Population: 595,600 | Average Home Price: $177,000 | Precipitation: 48" | Snow: 5"

Hartford, Connecticut The Insurance Capital This Connecticut city is home to America's oldest State House, oldest public art museum, and oldest continuously published newspaper... Population: 871,500 | Average Home Price: $221,000 | Precipitation: 41" | Snow: 42"

New Haven, Connecticut Home of Yale University The first hamburger was cooked at Louis' Lunch in this Connecticut spot in 1900... Population: 542,000 | Average Home Price: $262,000 | Precipitation: 43" | Snow: 30"

Worcester, Massachusetts The Heart of the Commonwealth This city at the heart of New England is home to the EcoTarium, a science center for all ages… Population: 524,700 | Average Home Price: $250,000 | Precipitation: 48" | Snow: 45" Albuquerque, New Mexico The Pulse of New Mexico This city's International Balloon Fiesta features 850 hot air balloons each October… Population: 471,900 | Average Home Price: $211,000 | Precipitation: 8" | Snow: 15" Charleston, West Virginia The Home of Hospitality For a taste of yesteryear, catch the boat races at this West Virginia city's annual Sternwheel Regatta... Population: 248,000 | Average Home Price: $216,000 | Precipitation: 41" | Snow: 26" Fayetteville, Arkansas Light of the Ozarks Near the University of Arkansas campus, this town's Dickson Street is filled with lively bistros, night clubs and galleries… Population: 62,000 | Average Home Price: $193,000 | Precipitation: 42" | Snow: 10" Eugene, Oregon The Emerald City This Oregon city is home to the Hendricks Park Rhododendron Garden, famous all over the world for its beautiful blossoms... Population: 142,000 | Average Home Price: $226,000 | Precipitation: 48" | Snow: 7" Washington, District of Columbia The World's Greatest Capital This most patriotic of American cities was laid out by a French architect… Population: 572,000 | Average Home Price: $572,000 | Precipitation: 39" | Snow: 16"

Corvallis, Oregon Heart of the Willamette Valley This Oregon city hosts "da Vinci Days," a festival of unique events revolving around art, science and technology... Population: 50,000 | Average Home Price: $225,000 | Precipitation: 43" | Snow: 6" Boston, Massachusetts America’s Walking City Here in "America's Walking City," you can stroll down to famous Franklin Park for the annual Kite Festival... Population: 3,400,000 | Average Home Price: $461,500 | Precipitation: 43" | Snow: 41" Salem, Oregon The Heart of Oregon This capital city is the home of the Oregon State Fair, as well as the state's largest on-going fine arts & crafts fair… Population: 143,000 | Average Home Price: $200,000 | Precipitation: 39" | Snow: 6" Baton Rouge, Louisiana The Cajun Capital This town was named after the red stick its founder saw on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River… Population: 603,000 | Average Home Price: $159,000 | Precipitation: 61" | Snow: 0" Champaign-Urbana, Illinois High Tech in the Heartland Nearly one-fourth of the working adults in this spot are employed in education… Population: 183,000 | Average Home Price: $220,000 | Precipitation: 40" | Snow: 23" Frederick, Maryland Where The Past Comes Alive This Maryland city's Great Fair is one of the nation's oldest county agricultural fairs… Population: 56,000 | Average Home Price: $305,000 | Precipitation: 36" | Snow: 21"

Danbury, Connecticut Small-Town Charm Near the Big Apple Zadoc Benedict began making beaver hats here in 1780, starting this Connecticut town's important hat industry... Population: 77,350 | Average Home Price: $329,000 | Precipitation: 39" | Snow: 50"

Milwaukee, Wisconsin The Genuine American City This Wisconsin "City of Festivals" celebrates its diverse ethnic heritage all year long, with over 20 major cultural festivals… Population: 921,650 | Average Home Price: $227,000 | Precipitation: 31" | Snow: 47"

Medford, Oregon Gateway to the Pacific Northwest This gorgeous spot boasts the West's only operating water-powered grist mill, located on the banks of Little Butte Creek since 1872… Population: 190,000 | Average Home Price: $238,000 | Precipitation: 19" | Snow: 8"

San Francisco, California The Golden Gate City The towers of this city's Golden Gate Bridge are purposely out of alignment in order to compensate for the curvature of the earth... Population: 751,700 | Average Home Price: $720,000 | Precipitation: 21" | Snow: 0"

Cincinnati, Ohio The Queen City This big Ohio city with the small-town feel is home to baseball's first professional team: the Reds started in 1869… Population: 1,690,000 | Average Home Price: $161,000 | Precipitation: 39" | Snow: 19"

San Jose, California The Silicon Capital This city is home to Lou's Living Donut Museum, a combination donut shop and museum with tours and a secret recipe... Population: 898,350 | Average Home Price: $747,000 | Precipitation: 16" | Snow: 0"

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Alexis N. Pomeroy