[jyl]

Based just on the CA picks, I can tell you how to get on the list. Be a white-bread suburban bedroom community full of tract homes and HOA rules. Livermore, Rancho Cucamonga, Folsom - that's where you want to get the hell out of.

As for their top ten "big cities", some seem like pretty nice little towns (Raleigh NC). I guess the list is written for those moving up from Folsom CA who could go to Wichita KS and actually think they're in a big city.