[PennsylvaniaMom]

I was just glad that for once the rust belt wasn’t picked on. Pittsburgh (and Cleveland) flew under the radar...or maybe we have lost so much of our populations that we are not in the top 150 :( PaMom

[Alberta's Child]

It probably helps that the cost of living in many of those Rust Belt cities is pretty reasonable, and that commute times are very low compared to major metro areas.

I'd be curious to see all of these rankings for all 150 cities; I'd venture to guess that Columbus, Ohio would be one of the top cities in the Northeast -- while the Twin Cities area is the best "big city" (a metropolitan area with a population in excess of 2 million people) in the U.S., in my opinion.