Cities Ranked and Rated: 1 - 100

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2007 Rank	Metro area	2004 Rank
1	Gainesville, FL	56
2	Bellingham, WA	38
3	Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA	12
4	Colorado Springs, CO	18
5	Ann Arbor, MI	6
6	Ogden-Clearfield, UT	84
7	Asheville, NC	8
8	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	128
9	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	3
10	Boise City-Nampa, ID	68
11	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA	4
12	Logan, UT-ID	N/A
13	Provo-Orem, UT	146
14	Corvallis, OR	10
15	Durham, NC	13
16	Olympia, WA	16
17	Charlottesville, VA	1
18	Flagstaff, AZ	244
19	Indianapolis-Carmel, IN	79
20	Santa Fe, NM	2
21	Dover, DE	25
22	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	147
23	Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL	N/A
24	Lexington-Fayette, KY	91
25	Lafayette, IN	23
26	Napa, CA	78
27	Salt Lake City, UT	84
28	Rockingham County-Strafford County, NH	N/A
29	Athens-Clarke County, GA	34
30	Richmond, VA	55
31	Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC	81
32	Iowa City, IA	191
33	Columbus, IN	N/A
34	Medford, OR	72
35	St. Louis, MO-IL	97
36	Columbus, OH	94
37	Spokane, WA	190
38	Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN	92
39	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	202
40	Fargo, ND-MN	87
41	Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI	224
42	Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ	83
43	Wichita, KS	35
44	Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN	167
45	Ocean City, NJ	N/A
46	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	52
47	Winchester, VA-WV	N/A
48	Spartanburg, SC	80
49	State College, PA	31
50	Evansville, IN-KY	47
51	San Antonio, TX	93
52	Naples-Marco Island, FL	53
53	South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	132
54	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA	7
55	Abilene, TX	32
56	Bend, OR	N/A
57	Atlantic City, NJ	123
58	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	168
59	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA	N/A
60	Roanoke, VA	11
61	Coeur d'Alene, ID	N/A
62	Boulder, CO	142
63	Raleigh-Cary, NC	13
64	Reno-Sparks, NV	9
65	Punta Gorda, FL	49
66	Grand Junction, CO	62
67	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	64
68	Eugene-Springfield, OR	21
69	Lewiston, ID-WA	N/A
70	Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD	N/A
71	Manchester-Nashua, NH	151
72	St. George, UT	N/A
73	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA	107
74	Pittsburgh, PA	28
75	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	66
76	Pueblo, CO	20
77	Bergen-Passaic, NJ	176
78	Madison, WI	37
79	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO	27
80	Greeley, CO	89
81	Trenton-Ewing, NJ	169
82	Salem, OR	141
83	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA	74
84	Dayton, OH	41
85	Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC	98
86	Bloomington, IN	29
87	Springfield, OH	41
88	Missoula, MT	96
89	Honolulu, HI	5
90	Nassau-Suffolk, NY	19
91	Savannah, GA	156
92	Prescott, AZ	N/A
93	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA	54
94	Greenville, SC	80
95	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	184
96	Lancaster, PA	186
97	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA	165
98	Jackson, MS	178
99	Knoxville, TN	103
100	Lawrence, KS	194

Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, MS (#293 in 2004) and New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA (#139 in 2004) were not ranked this year.