a Yourlist ranking · the crowd decides the order
The metros punching above their reputation.
What counts: Seeded with approximate real-world figures — the crowd's votes decide the order from here.
San Antonio
Metro pop.: 2,600,000Median home: $300,000Sunny days: 220
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Buffalo
Metro pop.: 1,100,000Median home: $220,000Sunny days: 155
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Sacramento
Metro pop.: 2,400,000Median home: $480,000Sunny days: 269
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Columbus
Metro pop.: 2,100,000Median home: $300,000Sunny days: 179
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Fort Worth
Metro pop.: 1,000,000Median home: $340,000Sunny days: 229
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Jacksonville
Metro pop.: 1,600,000Median home: $300,000Sunny days: 221
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Pittsburgh
Metro pop.: 2,400,000Median home: $230,000Sunny days: 160
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Cincinnati
Metro pop.: 2,200,000Median home: $260,000Sunny days: 175
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Durham
Metro pop.: 600,000Median home: $400,000Sunny days: 211
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Detroit
Metro pop.: 4,300,000Median home: $200,000Sunny days: 183
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Knoxville
Metro pop.: 900,000Median home: $340,000Sunny days: 203
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Cleveland
Metro pop.: 2,000,000Median home: $220,000Sunny days: 166
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Tucson
Metro pop.: 1,000,000Median home: $330,000Sunny days: 286
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Spokane
Metro pop.: 600,000Median home: $400,000Sunny days: 171
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Milwaukee
Metro pop.: 1,600,000Median home: $230,000Sunny days: 190
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Boise
Metro pop.: 800,000Median home: $470,000Sunny days: 206
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Baltimore
Metro pop.: 2,800,000Median home: $220,000Sunny days: 213
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Kansas City
Metro pop.: 2,200,000Median home: $300,000Sunny days: 215
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St. Louis
Metro pop.: 2,800,000Median home: $250,000Sunny days: 202
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Richmond
Metro pop.: 1,300,000Median home: $380,000Sunny days: 213
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Weather is underrated in these rankings until you've done one bad winter.
Housing prices moved way faster than this list implies.
Lived in two of these — the cost-of-living numbers are the whole story.
Visited last spring and it absolutely lives up to the hype.
The commute data should be weighted double, honestly.