Find up to five metro areas in the United States that might best suit your profession, lifestyle and pocketbook. Be sure to answer all eight questions. The final result shows your top city, additional well-matched metro areas and clickable maps to find out more about your best cities.

Let's Begin Question 1 of 8 1. Select the regions of the country where you would like to live. Northeast Midwest South Mountain Pacific (includes Alaska & Hawaii) Include all regions

Kiplinger.com developed this questionaire and these top cities in partnership with Kevin Stolarick, research director of the Martin Prosperity Institute, a think tank that studies economic prosperity.