Readers of a major travel magazine have named New Orleans as their favourite American city. The Big Easy (photographed above by jldt706) outclassed 34 other US cities in a survey conducted by Travel + Leisure magazine.
The annual online survey appeared on travelandleisure.com for three months – from June 1, 2012 to September 1, 2012. Respondents were asked to identify if they were visitors or residents, then asked to rank their choice of 35 cities in 66 categories connected with culture, hotels, shopping, people, food and other characteristics.
This is the first time Travel + Leisure has included an overall category for best city. New Orleans achieved the honour thanks to its top ranking in the live music/concerts and bands, wild weekends, cocktail hour, singles/bar scene, offbeat personalities, cafes, antique stores, flea markets and girlfriend getaways sub-categories.
Interestingly, the survey revealed New Orleanians are more proud of their city than the residents of any of the other 34 cities in the survey.
Those other cities were (in alphabetical order):
Anchorage
Atlanta
Austin
Baltimore
Boston
Charleston
Chicago
Dallas/Fort Worth
Denver
Honolulu
Houston
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Miami
Memphis
Minneapolis/St. Paul
Nashville
New York
Orlando
Philadelphia
Phoenix/Scottsdale
Portland (Maine)
Portland, (Oregon)
Providence
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco
San Juan
Santa Fe
Savannah
Seattle
Washington, D.C.
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