For Millennials, traditional cities don't have the allure they used to have. Monster metropolises cost a fortune and have become playgrounds for the rich and famous. Thus, the younger generation, instead of moving home, have decided to put down roots in cheaper, burgeoning locales that stretches their hard earned dollars. While they still will leave in places like New York City and Chicago, and even California cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles, Millennials tend to favor smaller cities in places where rent or owning a home won't cost them their first born.
Plenty of Southern and Western cities make this list of the best cities for Millennials. The kids seem to moving to places that are affordable, have vibrant cultural scenes and promising job markets. Add that to the cheap land and proximity for traveling to other cities, you have the formula to why Millennials rank the cities on this list in the way they do.
1
438135Denver
Colorado, USA2
27793Seattle
Washington, USA3
28296Long Beach
California, USA4
314114Portland
Oregon, USA5
327127Nashville
Tennessee, USA6
27097Minneapolis
Minnesota, USA7
292112San Diego
California, USA8
25297Raleigh
North Carolina, USA9
308138San Francisco
San Francisco Bay Area, California10
275127New York City
New York, USA11
260122New Orleans
Louisiana, USA12
235109Chicago
Chicago metropolitan area, Illinois13
241121Los Angeles
California, USA14
241125Austin
Texas, USA15
13365Portland
Maine, USA16
219135Philadelphia
Area codes 215 and 267, Pennsylvania17
179104Boston
Massachusetts, USA18
17199Cambridge
Massachusetts, USA19
1568920
198131Houston
Texas, USA21
211144Atlanta
Georgia, USA22
13479St. Louis
Missouri, USA23
213148Dallas
Texas, USA24
217163Detroit
Michigan, USA25
11371Berkeley
California, USA