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Oakland, California East Bay Living The area around this now-famous city was once owned by Don Luis Peralta, a Spanish soldier granted the land to help settle and secure it. Population: 2,465,000 | Average Home Price: $450,000 | Precipitation: 18" | Snow: 0"

San Diego, California California’s First City This highly livable city is home to one of the finest zoos in the world… Population: 1,266,700 | Average Home Price: $607,000 | Precipitation: 9" | Snow: 0"

Little Rock, Arkansas Where America Comes Together All Maybelline products distributed in the U.S. are made in this fashion-conscious spot… Population: 595,600 | Average Home Price: $177,000 | Precipitation: 48" | Snow: 5"

Baton Rouge, Louisiana The Cajun Capital This town was named after the red stick its founder saw on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River… Population: 603,000 | Average Home Price: $159,000 | Precipitation: 61" | Snow: 0"

El Paso, Texas Where the Sun Always Shines This ultimate "Old Southwest" city actually has a minor-league ice hockey team, the Buzzards… Population: 563,700 | Average Home Price: $140,000 | Precipitation: 9" | Snow: 6"

Norfolk, Virginia Heart of the Hampton Roads This spot was the only American city completely destroyed and rebuilt in the Revolutionary War; a British cannonball in St. Paul's Church wall is a reminder… Population: 1,606,000 | Average Home Price: $182,000 | Precipitation: 45" | Snow: 7"

Orange County, California Live The California Dream Home to 42 miles of sandy beaches and some of California's best known attractions, this spot boasts great surfing, sunning, and sailing… Population: 2,958,000 | Average Home Price: $685,000 | Precipitation: 12" | Snow: 0"

Long Beach, California LA’s Ocean Playground Thanks in part to the introduction of the Pacific Electric Trolley, this spot became the fastest growing city in America in 1902… Population: 475,000 | Average Home Price: $500,000 | Precipitation: 12" | Snow: 0"

Dallas, Texas The Star of the Lone Star State Although one of the country's largest cities, this spot is the least densely populated metropolitan area in the world… Population: 3,743,000 | Average Home Price: $207,000 | Precipitation: 33" | Snow: 3"

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Big City on the Plains Located in the heart of America, visitors to this town can use water taxis to visit restaurants and shops in the famous Bricktown district… Population: 523,000 | Average Home Price: $141,000 | Precipitation: 32" | Snow: 9"

Tucson, Arizona Sonoran Desert Oasis Bicycling magazine ranked this Arizona city among the top three cities in North America for cycling… Population: 955,000 | Average Home Price: $260,000 | Precipitation: 11" | Snow: 0"

Las Vegas, Nevada Entertainment Capital of the World Ladies' Home Journal called this one of its Best Cities for Women, citing skyrocketing job growth and shriveling crime rates… Population: 1,722,000 | Average Home Price: $250,000 | Precipitation: 5" | Snow: 1"

Los Angeles, California The Dream Factory This West Coast town was the first to coin the word "tourist" to describe the people that came to enjoy the beaches, mountains and weather… Population: 3,820,000 | Average Home Price: $520,000 | Precipitation: 12" | Snow: 0"

San Jose, California The Silicon Capital This city is home to Lou's Living Donut Museum, a combination donut shop and museum with tours and a secret recipe... Population: 898,350 | Average Home Price: $747,000 | Precipitation: 16" | Snow: 0"

Houston, Texas City of Excitement Texas won its independence from Mexico at a battle fought here in 1836; the city became the capital of the Republic of Texas... Population: 4,420,000 | Average Home Price: $180,000 | Precipitation: 48" | Snow: 0"

Fort Worth, Texas Where the West Begins Although a BIG city—it's larger than Denver, Seattle, and Boston—with big city amenities, Fort Worth’s bluffs and hills enfold an energetic, small town, "cowboys and culture" atmosphere… Population: 534,700 | Average Home Price: $135,000 | Precipitation: 32" | Snow: 3"

Baltimore, Maryland The Sparkling Harbor City This Atlantic seaboard city is home to the National Aquarium… Population: 651,000 | Average Home Price: $310,000 | Precipitation: 40" | Snow: 18"

Honolulu, Hawaii America’s Tropical Paradise This state capital has long been an important port city; its name is Hawaiian for "protected bay"… Population: 905,300 | Average Home Price: $786,000 | Precipitation: 23" | Snow: 0"

San Francisco, California The Golden Gate City The towers of this city's Golden Gate Bridge are purposely out of alignment in order to compensate for the curvature of the earth... Population: 751,700 | Average Home Price: $720,000 | Precipitation: 21" | Snow: 0"

San Antonio, Texas Three Centuries of Culture Cobblestone walkways wind past restaurants and shops along this city's famous Paseo del Rio, or RiverWalk… Population: 1,144,650 | Average Home Price: $160,000 | Precipitation: 30" | Snow: 1"

Charlotte, North Carolina The Queen City Home to First Union and Bank of America, this spot is renowned as a financial center… Population: 1,335,000 | Average Home Price: $232,000 | Precipitation: 43" | Snow: 6"

Phoenix, Arizona Valley of the Sun This spot in the Sonoran Desert is the sixth largest city in the U.S. and boasts the largest (20,000 acres) municipal park in the world… Population: 3,500,000 | Average Home Price: $275,000 | Precipitation: 7" | Snow: 0"

Austin, Texas City of the Violet Crown This "Hill Country" capital boasts 12,000 acres of greenbelt and undeveloped land used for recreation… Population: 656,600 | Average Home Price: $154,000 | Precipitation: 31" | Snow: 1"

Augusta, Georgia Georgia’s Garden City The Masters golf tournament is held in this Georgia town each year… Population: 500,000 | Average Home Price: $236,000 | Precipitation: 42" | Snow: 0"