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Outside Magazine, August 2008

Best Towns 2008
Progressive Candidates
Your town got you down? We’ve got your escape plan. These 20 stars of America’s 21st-century Renaissance are riding a wave of civic reinvention and fresh ideas.

Intro | Washington, D.C. | Chattanooga, TN | New Orleans, LA | Ogden, UT | Portsmouth, NH | Tacoma, WA | Ithaca, NY | Louisville, KY | Eureka, CA | Crested Butte, CO | Columbia, MO | The Rest of the Best

Seattle, Washington
Seattle is a perennial favorite Best Town (Amanda Clement/Stockbyte/Getty)

Get the scoop on each of this year's Best Towns. Plus, check out our interactive map with archives of past years' Best Towns.

Survey Says…
What U.S city do our subscribers lust to live in the most? What makes or breaks a place? Check out the results of our dreamtowns recon.

Washington, District of Columbia

Chattanooga, Tennessee

New Orleans, Louisiana

Ogden, Utah

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Tacoma, Washington

Ithaca, New York

Louisville, Kentucky

Eureka, California

Crested Butte, Colorado

Columbia, Missouri

The Rest of the Best



Next Page: Mid-Atlantic

Intro | Washington, D.C. | Chattanooga, TN | New Orleans, LA | Ogden, UT | Portsmouth, NH | Tacoma, WA | Ithaca, NY | Louisville, KY | Eureka, CA | Crested Butte, CO | Columbia, MO | The Rest of the Best