The Top 20 Cities in the U.S.

August 5, 2020 Jim Byers

The Big Apple takes the cake again. But the Golden State has two spots on the podium and half the places in the top eight.

Resonance Consultancy, which has been ranking cities for years, has published its list of the top cities in the United States.

The research group used six categories for ranking American cities: place, product, people, prosperity, program and promotion. The top dog for the fourth year in a row is New York City. Researchers cited a number of factors for the city’s honour, including its reputation as perhaps the world’s top city for culture.

Coming second was Los Angeles, which the group said is increasingly known as the most exciting food city in the U.S.. Next was San Francisco, which was singled out for its open-minded attitudes.

Two other California cities made the top eight, which is mighty impressive. San Diego was sixth and San Jose eighth.

Here’s the top 20: