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Travel and Leisure recently came out with a list on America’s Favorite Cities recently and Seattle received some pretty good scores. Seattle places number one in Coffee, Farmer’s Markets and Intelligent people. Seattle also placed top five in many categories including Environmental Awareness, Gay-Friendliness, Peace and Quiet, Cityscape, Skyline, Underground Arts, Active Vacation, Trip Overall, Worldy, Athletic and Access to Outdoors. Our worst feature is apparently Affordability even though we rank lower on weather.

Below is the all the combined rankings for Seattle.

After Dark Category Rank
After Dark (Overall) 13
Clubbing 17
Cocktail hour 16
Live music 7
Singles scene 14

Characteristics Category Rank
Affordability 16
Characteristics (Overall) 10
Ease of getting around/public transportation 8
Environmental awareness 2
Gay-friendliness 4
Peace and quiet 5
People-watching 14
Safety 10
Weather 21

Cityscape Category Rank
Access to outdoors 4
Cityscape (Overall) 2
Cleanliness 5
Notable neighborhoods 9
Pedestrian friendliness 5
Public parks/spaces 6
Skyline/views 4

Culture Category Rank
Architecture/notable buildings 12
Classical music 9
Culture (Overall) 11
Historical sites/monuments 17
Museums/galleries 10
Theater 8
Underground arts scene 4

Food/dining Category Rank
Barbecue 23
Big-name restaurants 15
Cheap eats 12
Coffee 1
Ethnic food 12
Farmers’ markets Food/Dining (Overall) 8
Pizza 13

People Category Rank
Athletic/active 5
Attractive 12
Diverse 10
Friendly 11
Fun 14
Intelligent 1
People (Overall) 3
Stylish 12
Worldly 5

Shopping Category Rank
Antiques 15
Flea markets 6
Home design 9
Jewelry 19
Luxury boutiques 17
Shoes 11
Shopping (Overall) 11
Vintage (clothing and jewelry) 9

Type of trip Category Rank
Active/adventure vacation 3
Business trip (that’s secretly fun) 10
Family vacation 9
Girlfriend getaway 12
Relaxing retreat 7
Romantic escape 8
Sophisticated getaway 7
Sports fan’s vacation 6
Type of trip (Overall) 5
Wild weekend 17