ArtBistro Ranks their Top 25 Cities for Designers and Artists

ArtBistro.com: "Which cities offer the most overall value in 2009? While all of these communities have a healthy art and design community the emphasis on this list is the cost of living..."

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1. Austin, TX
   
2. San Antonio, TX:
   
3. Salt Lake City, UT
   
4. Oklahoma City, OK
   
5. Raleigh-Cary Metropolitan Area, NC
   
6. Seattle, WA
   
7. Rochester, NY
   
8. Portland, OR
   
9. Denver, CO
   
10. Honolulu, HI
    
11. Nashville, TN
    
12. Virginia Beach, VA
    
13. Kansas City, MO
    
14. Pittsburgh, PA
    
15. Charlotte, NC
    
16. Boston, MA
    
17. Buffalo, NY
    
18. Columbus, OH
    
19. Indianapolis, IN
    
20. St. Louis, MO
    
21. Hartford, CT
    
22. Louisville, KY
    
23. Cincinnati, OH
    
24. Philadelphia, PA
    
25. San Diego, CA
    

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