Each year U.S. News & World Report releases a list of the best cities to live in the USA ... which three cities earned: Boise, Idaho; Boulder, Colorado; and Honolulu, Hawaii (all of which are ...

But two Southern cities – one a bustling research hub, the other the "poultry capital of the world" – rise above the rest. Raleigh, North Carolina, is the nation's "best-performing" large city ...

Some soar in education. Some excel in both – or in much more. The Best States rankings by U.S. News draw on thousands of data points to measure how well states are performing for their citizens.