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Chattanooga, Portsmouth among top art destinations in the U.S.
Who thought that Tennessee and New Hampshire would be some of the top towns in the country for art lovers. AmericanStyle magazine just issued the results of its twelfth annual arts destinations poll. Some spots are predictable. Others, like Chattanooga, will just blow your mind.This is the first year Chattanooga made the list, shooting all the way up to second in the mid-sized city category. If you've been there, some of the surprise wears off. I hit Chattanooga back in 1999, and it was turning into a pretty cool small city. The past decade, obviously, has treated the city well. More shocking is the top mid-sized city: Buffalo, NY.
At the top of the small city list, Santa Fe is an utterly predictable #1 – like New York in the big city category. Portsmouth, NH, toward the bottom of the small city list, is a sentimental favorite. I had my first real job in Portsmouth and drank away many a Friday and Saturday (and Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday) night on its sidewalks.
See the full lists after the jump.
Big Cities (population of 500,000 or more)
Mid-Sized Cities (population of 100,000 to 499,000)
Small Cities (population of below 100,000)
- New York, NY
- Chicago, IL
- Washington, DC
- San Francisco, CA
- Albuquerque, NM
- Boston, MA
- Seattle, WA
- Atlanta, GA
- Philadelphia, PA
- Los Angeles, CA
- Portland, OR
- Baltimore, MD
- Denver, CO
- Phoenix, AZ
- Austin, TX
- Charlotte, NC
- Columbus, OH
- Nashville, TN
- San Diego, CA
- Tucson, AZ
- San Antonio, TX
- Las Vegas, NV
- Milwaukee, WI
- Dallas, TX
- Houston, TX
Mid-Sized Cities (population of 100,000 to 499,000)
- Buffalo, NY
- Chattanooga, TN
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Scottsdale, AZ
- New Orleans, LA
- Charleston, SC
- Savannah, GA
- Cleveland, OH
- Ann Arbor, MI
- Minneapolis, MN
- Alexandria, VA
- Miami, FL
- Tacoma, WA
- St. Louis, MO
- Athens, GA
- Kansas City, MO
- Colorado Springs, MO
- Providence, RI
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Honolulu, HI
- Rochester, NY
- St. Petersburg, FL
- Cincinnati, OH
- Raleigh, NC
- Tampa, FL
Small Cities (population of below 100,000)
- Santa Fe, NM
- Asheville, NC
- Sedona, AZ
- Taos, NM
- Saugatuck, MI
- Key West, FL
- Berkeley Springs, WV
- Boulder, CO
- Carmel, CA
- Corning, NY
- Sarasota, FL
- Beaufort, SC
- Chapel Hill, NC
- Burlington, VT
- Annapolis, MD
- Aspen, CO
- Laguna Beach, CA
- Northampton, MA
- Eureka Springs, AR
- Brattleboro, VT
- New Hope, PA
- Naples, FL
- Cumberland, MD
- Berea, KY
- Portsmouth, NH
Filed under: Arts and Culture, North America, United States
