Top 10 Cities in US & Canada according to Travel & Leisure

Florence tops the list of World’s Best Cities for a second time this year and is joined again by some lovely perennials—Rome, New York, and Sydney. But this year, Travel + Leisure readers prove that they’re also intrepid and curious, giving high marks to far-flung cities like Beirut and Kathmandu.

Top 10 Cities U.S. and Canada
Rank
Last Year
Name
2006Score
1
1
New York
84.75
2
2
San Francisco
84.29
3
4
Chicago
82.52
4
6
Charleston, South Carolina
82.48
5
3
Santa Fe
82.06
6
5
Vancouver
81.45
7
7
Quebec City
80.98
8
9
Victoria, British Columbia
79.92
9
8
Montreal
79.46
10
n/a
Seattle
79.05

http://www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest/2006/results.cfm?cat=citiesusca

I’m not sure what you think, but none of the cities other than Victoria inspire me much. But then when you LIVE in the best (Victoria) you KNOW why it is the best!