Best Neighborhood for Millennials: Greenpoint (Brooklyn)
2. Austin, TX
Best Neighborhood for Millennials: South River City
Best Neighborhood for Millennials: Clarendon (Arlington)
4. Chicago, IL
Best Neighborhood for Millennials: Wicker Park
Best Neighborhood for Millennials: Cow Hollow
6. Boston, MA
Best Neighborhood for Millennials: Spring Hill (Somerville)
7. Denver, CO
Best Neighborhood for Millennials: Speer
Best Neighborhood for Millennials: Oak LawnBest Neighborhood for Millennials: North Loop
10. San Diego, CA
Best Neighborhood for Millennials: Little Italy
11. San Jose, CA
Best Neighborhood for Millennials: Old Mountain View
12. Raleigh, NC
Best Neighborhood for Millennials: Morrisville (Town)*
13. Seattle, WA
Best Neighborhood for Millennials: Eastlake
14. Columbus, OH
Best Neighborhood for Millennials: Victorian Village
15. Pittsburgh, PA
Best Neighborhood for Millennials: Shadyside
16. Phoenix, AZ
Best Neighborhood for Millennials: Tempe (City)*
17. Los Angeles, CA
Best Neighborhood for Millennials: Palms
18. Charlotte, NC
Best Neighborhood for Millennials: Third Ward
19. New Orleans, LA
Best Neighborhood for Millennials: Lower Garden District
Best Neighborhood for Millennials: East Central
21. Houston, TX
Best Neighborhood for Millennials: Midtown
22. Indianapolis, IN
Best Neighborhood for Millennials: Fishers (Town)*
23. Richmond, VA
Best Neighborhood for Millennials: Shockoe Bottom
24. Orlando, FL
Best Neighborhood for Millennials: Lake Eola Heights
25. Atlanta, GA
Best Neighborhood for Millennials: Ardmore
*View the full methodology, special cases, and list of factors here.
Interesting…
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I’m happy you included Raleigh, but “best neighborhood for Millennials” being Morrisville was pretty stupid. Morrisville is a suburb 15 miles outside of Raleigh that’s mostly full of families and adults in their 40s on up. Young, hip single people simply DO NOT live there. Best neighborhoods in Raleigh for millennials would be: Downtown, Five Points, Hillsborough Street, or Cameron Park.
Uh, so in the slide show under Chicago you are showing a picture of New York City… not Chicago.
Thanks for the heads up! We corrected it.
Cow Hollow? Seriously? Have you guys ever been to San Francisco. Cow Hollow and the surrounding Marina are among the least desirable parts of the city. Worse than the Tenderloin. That might say a thing or two about the kinds of people that read this site!
And Portland, Oregon? Madison, Wisconsin? Wish the list was longer.
The fact that you show New Orleans as having a “below average” crime score and Atlanta as having a “high” crime score indicates the methodology (or lack thereof) used in this article. Plus, Ardmore is located in the Atlanta city limits but is not considered to be in a dangerous area of Atlanta. LGD in New Orleans would be considered more dangerous – especially if it is expanded (as many brokers have started doing) to include the area on the Carondelet side of St. Charles, going back towards LaSalle Street. I know and love both cities, but have to take issue with these ratings. And millennials are not flocking to Ardmore in Atlanta. They want Old Fourth Ward or Midtown.
Interesting article. I know it’s easy to bash the criteria, etc, but you have obviously put a ton of work into it, so thank you.
One question (and a few comments have alluded to this): how did the census data give the income averages? It was surprising to see most areas between $28,000 and $31,000.
Orlando? Really? Never mind the Millennials. This town is an absolute wasteland for anyone who isn’t a millionaire, an executive in the hospitality industry, or eligible to receive their Social Security checks.
I’ve never recommended Orlando (or Florida) to anyone who didn’t fit at least one of those categories, and I’m not about to start now. In fact, I’m working toward leaving this place behind for a city that actually has something, anything to offer.