Pittsburgh Is America's Most Livable City

Pittsburgh tops the list of America's most livable cities.

To come up with the rankings, Places Rated Almanac judges 379 metropolitan areas in nine categories, including cost of living, transportation, jobs, and education.

Pittsburghers said they're not surprised their city is taking top honors.

Mark Foerster, of Swissvale, said, "It's no surprise, there's so much going on. You see the new stadiums, of course PNC Park, Heinz Field, the new Pens Arena. It's just amazing it's taken the world this long to figure out we're No. 1."

The last time Pittsburgh claimed the No. 1 spot was in 1985.

None of the top 10 cities in the rankings are in the Sunbelt.

A total of five are in the Northeast, four are in the West Coast and one is in the upper Midwest.

San Francisco comes in at No. 2.

Seattle, Wash., is No. 3.

Coming in at No. 4 is Portland, Ore.

Fifth on the list is Philadelphia.

Rochester, N.Y., comes in at six.

Washington, D.C., is number No. 7.

San Jose-Sunnyvale, Calif., is eight.

And rounding out the bottom two are Boston, and Madison, Wis.

Are you surprised Pittsburgh was voted America's most livable city?

- Places Rated Almanac.com