Must Be Providence: The Best US Cities

iStock Editorial/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Travel + Leisure is out again with it annual list of the nation’s top cities in a variety of categories.

Providence, Rhode Island, topped the list as the overall best city. Interestingly, it also finished first in the category of “Geeky.”

The magazine based its findings on 50,000 votes, ranking 38 cities.

Here are several of the winners:

Top Cities Overall

  1. Providence
  2. Houston
  3. Kansas City
  4. Minneapolis/St. Paul
  5. Los Angeles

Affordability

  1. Kansas City
  2. Oklahoma City
  3. Cleveland
  4. Pittsburgh
  5. Houston

Historical Sites

  1. Washington, D.C.
  2. Philadelphia
  3. Charleston
  4. Boston
  5. New Orleans

Cleanliness

  1. Minneapolis/St. Paul
  2. Salt Lake City
  3. Kansas City
  4. Charleston
  5. Tampa

Attractive People

  1. Miami
  2. San Diego
  3. Charleston
  4. Los Angeles
  5. Providence

Rude People

  1. New York City
  2. Tampa
  3. Miami
  4. Los Angeles
  5. Boston

Bars

  1. New Orleans
  2. Nashville
  3. Austin
  4. Houston
  5. Providence

Christmas Lights

  1. Kansas City
  2. New York City
  3. Salt Lake City
  4. Albuquerque
  5. Cleveland


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