Des Moines Named In 2019’s Top 5 Places To Live In The U.S.

"U.S. News & World Report" just released its annual list of the "Best Places to Live" in the United States. They looked at the 125 biggest cities, and a bunch of different factors, like affordability, job prospects, and quality of life.

Des Moines rounds out the top five, but the full list of the top ten cities this year are:

Austin
Denver
Colorado Springs
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Des Moines, Iowa
Minneapolis and St. Paul
San Francisco (And that's with affordability factored in?)
Portland, Oregon
Seattle
Raleigh and Durham, in North Carolina

Chicago comes in at 104, otherwise there aren't any close to our area. The full list can be found here.