| America is a wonderfully diverse country with a wide | | | | meet and find a happy middle-ground. If you are |
| variety of terrain, people, places and architecture. It is | | | | looking for a quaint, down-home big city with lots of |
| hard and actually kind of silly to arbitrarily name the top | | | | green space and mountain views and parks and |
| three American cities, but that is just what I am going | | | | places to set up your outdoor patio furniture set, |
| to do. | | | | Denver is the place to be. You can find just as much |
| Chicago | | | | culture in Denver as anywhere else in the United |
| Often called of the most American and blue-collared | | | | States and also some of the most well-known sports |
| of the big cities, Chicago is a mix of culture, American | | | | franchises. Denver is a one of a kind Rocky Mountain |
| business hub and historical political machinations. There | | | | city with a look and feel all its own. |
| are so many great things and so many bad things one | | | | Minneapolis |
| can say about Chicago. Lake Shore Drive and the | | | | I am a bit biased in that I largely grew up in the |
| surrounding area is a true American landmark, a | | | | Minneapolis area, but I’m not the only one—many |
| wonderfully designed downtown loop near Lake | | | | recent studies have shown that Minneapolis and the |
| Michigan that still marvels travelers today. Chicago is | | | | surrounding suburbs are some of the best places to |
| also one of the most politically corrupt, stuck-in-the-past | | | | live and to raise a family. The quality of life in |
| cities in America. Once a haven for notorious gangster, | | | | Minneapolis has always ranked in the top for the nation |
| Chicago is still a city haunted by its past, but that’s | | | | and our school systems are consistently at the top of |
| what makes it such a wonderful, fascinating place. You | | | | the class. Politically, Minnesota has slowly become |
| won’t find more honest and hardworking | | | | more and more of a swing state, emphasizing how |
| metropolitan people than in Chicago. There is beauty in | | | | much diversity there is in the city. Minneapolis is known |
| Chicago roughness. | | | | for its green city space and its various biking and |
| Denver | | | | walking trails along the Mississippi or one of |
| One of the largest cities in the Mountain West, Denver | | | | Minnesota’s 10,000 lakes. If you are looking for a |
| is a truly unique and beautiful city where geography, | | | | friendly city to raise a family and don’t mind the |
| agriculture and metropolitan big-city style all seem to | | | | long winters Minneapolis is a great place to call home. |