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For the 2025-2026 Best Places to Live rankings, we selected 150 major cities to find the best places to live. To make the top of the list, a place had to have good value, be a desirable place to live, have a strong job market and a high quality of life.
To determine the Best Places to Live rankings, U.S. News analyzes data on 150 major U.S. cities, including housing affordability, household income, quality of education, access to health care, crime rates, commute times, air quality and more.
The 25 Best Places to Retire in 2025. If you're looking to retire soon, these cities offer the best mix of desirability, affordability, health care, job prospects and more. By Gina Freeman.
The cities with the best quality of life have high scores on U.S. News’ Quality of Life Index. It measures how satisfied residents are with their daily lives, and takes into account factors like crime, quality and availability of health care, quality of education and average commute time.
Weather is part of the desirability index for the Best Places to Live rankings of 150 top U.S. cities. Cities that place higher on the list offer more pleasant weather and abundant sunshine. Santa Barbara, California, ranks No. 1 for the best place to live for the weather in 2024-2025.
U.S. News & World Report revealed its 2024-2025 Best Places to Live in the U.S. rankings, breaking down how 150 top U.S. cities measure up when it comes to affordability, job market, desirability, net migration and quality of life.
To identify the best places to retire, U.S. News analyzed data for the 150 top cities in the U.S. to assess how well they meet Americans' retirement needs and expectations. Top criteria include the happiness of local residents, housing affordability, tax rates and health care quality.
If you're looking to retire soon, these cities offer the best mix of desirability, affordability, health care, job prospects and more.
Pittsburgh ranks 23rd for its quality of life and sits at No. 36 out of 150 major cities on the overall Best Places to Live list. The Steel City also takes the No. 10 spot on the Best Places to Retire list for its housing affordability and health care.
Based on the median gross rent and annual housing costs for mortgage-paying homeowners, these are the cities with the lowest cost of living in the country. For more information on how we rank, read the Best Places to Live methodology.