This should be interesting, a thread where we rank of the 50, the Top 20 states for urbanism. I lot of this will probably be based on opinion, for example, I love cities like Cincy and Cleveland (not to mention Columbus is pretty cool, which is like a northern Austin), but I hate cities like Orlando and especially Miami. Here goes my ranking:
1. California
2. Illinois
3. Potomac States
4. New York
5. Texas
6. Ohio
7. Massachusetts
8. South Carolina
9. Minnesota
10. Connecticut
11. Pennsylvania
12. Georgia
13. Louisiana
14. Washington
15. Michigan
16. Missouri
17. Tennessee
18. Oklahoma
19. North Carolina
20. Colorado
Honorable mentions: Oregon, Wisconsin, Indiana, Alabama, Maine, Kentucky, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island
Surprisingly low rankings or high rankings could be due to a fact that, for instance, Denver is pretty awesome, but there is no other major city in that state, so there is no other urbanism to weigh in, or with South Carolina for instance, which earns props for its historic cities like Charleston, Clemson, etc. Michigan gets low props because they have a lot of work to do despite all the potential there. Florida is completely excluded from here; there is no urbanism there.
1. California
2. Illinois
3. Potomac States
4. New York
5. Texas
6. Ohio
7. Massachusetts
8. South Carolina
9. Minnesota
10. Connecticut
11. Pennsylvania
12. Georgia
13. Louisiana
14. Washington
15. Michigan
16. Missouri
17. Tennessee
18. Oklahoma
19. North Carolina
20. Colorado
Honorable mentions: Oregon, Wisconsin, Indiana, Alabama, Maine, Kentucky, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island
Surprisingly low rankings or high rankings could be due to a fact that, for instance, Denver is pretty awesome, but there is no other major city in that state, so there is no other urbanism to weigh in, or with South Carolina for instance, which earns props for its historic cities like Charleston, Clemson, etc. Michigan gets low props because they have a lot of work to do despite all the potential there. Florida is completely excluded from here; there is no urbanism there.