re: What city in the United States is the best place to live?

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Santa Barbara

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It's pretty here. Zero crime. Nice beaches (albeit the water is cold and might get tar on your feet). Great hiking if you're into that.

I cannot speak to the familial attributes, as that is off my radar, but I'm told it's expensive as all hell.

The people lean quite liberal (which doesn't bother me as I go further left than most here do), but if you get just outside the city limits, it goes back to the right rather sharply. Case in point, I ate at a restaurant tonight that a sign saying "We stand for the flag".

My two biggest problems with it in the 3 or so years I've been here are that 1. Nobody gives a shite about college sports. I mean NOBODY. I have to beg to get CFB on the tv at bars, especially early season when baseball is on.

Second, the food scene here is terrible. No matter what you like, it's awful. It caters to tourists and old people.