(FORTUNE Magazine) – Hotels in Hong Kong, rental rates in Raleigh-Durham, martinis in Milwaukee? We got 'em. Commute time in Cincinnati, BAs in Boston, lodging in London? Look no further. In the chart below, you'll find information on our top cities (domestic and international) ranging from the essential to the unexpected. You might be surprised that St. Louis and Pittsburgh have the lowest violent crime rates. Philadelphia has the most polluted air. If your work takes you to any of these cities, look at our chart for tips on where to stay, where to eat, and what to do in your free time--in short, (almost) everything you need to know about the best places to live and work. DEMOGRAPHICS

1996 pop. % change Median % of pop. with in millions population household bachelor's 1996-2001 income degree (projected) 1 SEATTLE 2.2 6.8% $46,928 29.7%

2 DENVER 1.9 10.8% $42,879 29.1%

3 PHILADELPHIA 5.0 0.4% $43,576 22.7%

4 MINNEAPOLIS 2.7 6.1% $45,673 27.0%

5 RALEIGH-DURHAM 1.0 12.2% $40,990 31.9%

6 ST. LOUIS 2.5 1.8% $39,079 20.6%

7 CINCINNATI 1.6 3.6% $38,455 19.9%

8 WASHINGTON 4.6 6.1% $54,291 37.3%

9 PITTSBURGH 2.4 -0.1% $34,534 18.8%

10 DALLAS-FORT WORTH 4.5 8.3% $41,984 27.1%

11 ATLANTA 3.5 12.5% $43,249 26.3%

12 BALTIMORE 2.5 3.2% $43,291 23.3%

13 BOSTON 3.2 0.3% $46,444 32.5%

14 MILWAUKEE 1.5 1.5% $41,841 21.4%

15 NASHVILLE 1.1 9.0% $49,221 21.5%

1 TORONTO [1] 4.3 7.6% $21,000 [2] 17.8%

2 LONDON [1] 6.9 0.4% $14,535 [2] 11.0% [3]

3 SINGAPORE [1] 2.9 2.4% $8,782 [2] 3.4%

4 PARIS [1] 2.3 0.8% $17,320 [2] N.A.

5 HONG KONG [1] 6.0 0.1% $8,000 [2] 7.1% [3]

COST OF LIVING Cost of High-end Lower-end Loaf of Martini living index housing housing French (1$=lowest) Price/ Monthly bread neighborhood rental/ neighborhood [1 SEATTLE] $ $586,000 $581 $1.45 $4.50 Mercer Island Auburn [2 DENVER] $ $475,000 $558 $0.97 $4.00 Country Club Glendale [3 PHILADELPHIA] $$ $201,000 $600 $1,50 $4,75 Chestnut Hill Old City [4 MINNEAPOLIS] $$ $299,000 $609 $1.49 $4.00 Eden Prarie St.Paul [5 RALEIGH-DURHAM] $ $318,000 $613 $0.99 $4.50 North Ridge Park Ridge [6 ST. LOUIS] $ $265,000 $558 $0.89 $3.00 Clayton University City [7 CINCINNATI] $ $467,000 $580 $1.25 $3.75 Hyde Park Blue Ash [8 WASHINGTON] $$$ $583.000 $625 $1.29 $3.75 Georgetown Capital Hill [9 PITTSBURGH] $ $347,000 $535 $0.99 $3.75 Fox Chapel Green Township [10 DALLAS-FORT WORTH] $ $296,000 $650 $1.50 $5.00 North Dallas Irving [11 ATLANTA] $ $600,000 $740 $1.19 $6.75 Buckhead Post Village [12 BALTIMORE] $ $575,000 $775 $0.99 $3.99 Farside Mays Chapel [13 BOSTON] $$$ $351,000 $888 $1.09 $4.25 Brookline Back Bay [14 MILWAUKEE] $ $283,000 $727 $1.53 $3.50 Mequon Greenfield [15 NASHVILLE] $ $431,000 $695 $1.19 $4.00 Brentwood Harding Place [1 TORONTO [1]] $$$ $290,000 $591 $1.00 $3.60 Markham Scarborough [2 LONDON [1]] $$$$ $700,000 $1,500 $0.95 $10.40 Kensington Marylebone [3 SINGAPORE [1]] $$$$$ $126,000 $2,128 $0.71 $8.52 Goldhill Orchard [4 PARIS [1]] $$$$ $700,000 $1,200 $0.99 $8.87 16th 13th arrondissement arrondissement [5 HONG KONG [1]] $$$$$ $769,000 $1,858 $1.20 $12.00 Central bus. Discovery Bay district

BUSINESS % employed Class A Best Recommended Avg. in office business restaurant round- managerial rental hotel trip positions $/sq ft commute [1 SEATTLE] 23,7% $21 Four Seasons Rover's 60.3 Olympic [2 DENVER] 24.0% $14 Brown Palace Cliff 36.0 Young's [3 PHILADELPHIA] 27.3% $21 Bellevue Le Bec-Fin 56.7

[4 MINNEAPOLIS] 24.4% $24 Radisson Goodfellow's 44.8 Plaza [5 RALEIGH-DURHAM] 25.2% $18 Radisson Magnolia 37.6 Plaza Grill [6 ST. LOUIS] 24.9% $18 Hyatt Tony's 31.4 Regency [7 CINCINNATI] 23.4% $20 Cincinnatian Maisonette 34.8

[8 WASHINGTON] 28.0% $33 Willard Jean-Louis 43.3

[9 PITTSBURGH] 25.8% $17 Westin Common Plea 62.8 William Penn [10 DALLAS-FORT WORTH]23.3% $18 Mansion on The Riveria 50.3 Turtle Creek [11 ATLANTA] 22.9% $20 Ritz-Carlton Bacchanalia 66.9

[12 BALTIMORE] 25,6% $18 Harbor Court Hampton's 55.5

[13 BOSTON] 28.9% $34 Ritz-Carlton Aujourd'hui 51.8

[14 MILWAUKEE] 24.7% $26 Pfister Grenadier's 36.6

[15 NASHVILLE] 23.7% $26 Loews Wild Boar 36.0 Vanderbilt Plaza [1 TORONTO [1]] 16.8% $31 Four Seasons Lotus 59.0 Yorkville [2 LONDON [1]] 19.1% $83 Dorchester Chez Nico 60.0

[3 SINGAPORE [1]] 12.2% $85 Mandarin Alkaff 45.0

[4 PARIS [1]] N.A. $72 Bristol Tailevent 42.5

[5 HONG KONG [1]] 14.6% $119 Mandarin Hunan Garden 45.0 Oriental LEISURE Art Public 18-hole Most-visited Museums libraries golf courses attraction

[1 SEATTLE] 7 117 22 Space Needle

[2 DENVER] 5 60 71 Museum of Natural History [3 PHILADELPHIA] 25 216 166 Liberty Bell

[4 MINNEAPOLIS] 6 131 125 Mall of America

[5 RALEIGH-DURHAM] 7 33 47 North Carolina State Fair [6 ST. LOUIS] 10 104 62 Gateway Arch

[7 CINCINNATI] 4 71 94 Kings Island

[8 WASHINGTON] 30 148 105 The Mall/ Smithsonian [9 PITTSBURGH] 8 124 112 Station Square

[10 DALLAS-FORT WORTH] 3 98 77 Six Flags Over Texas [11 ATLANTA] 9 118 102 Stone Mountain Park [12 BALTIMORE] 8 102 45 Harborplace

[13 BOSTON] 25 240 55 New England Aquarium [14 MILWAUKEE] 6 52 50 Milwaukee County Zoo [15 NASHVILLE] 4 37 37 Opryland USA

[1 TORONTO [1]] 90 178 122 CN Tower

[2 LONDON [1]] 300 [4] 443 95 British Museum

[3 SINGAPORE [1]] 400 [4] 11 13 Sentosa Island

[4 PARIS [1]] 97 400 54 Eiffel Tower

[5 HONG KONG [1]] 15 61 4 The Peak

CLIMATE Days below Days 90 [degrees] Days of poor 32 [degrees] or above air quality [1 SEATTLE] 32 3 0

[2 DENVER] 159 33 3

[3 PHILADELPHIA] 98 20 29

[4 MINNEAPOLIS] 156 15 0

[5 RALEIGH-DURHAM] 81 31 0

[6 ST. LOUIS] 104 39 6

[7 CINCINNATI] 110 19 1

[8 WASHINGTON] 71 37 14

[9 PITTSBURGH] 124 6 9

[10 DALLAS-FORT WORTH] 41 96 5

[11 ATLANTA] 57 28 16

[12 BALTIMORE] 98 30 14

[13 BOSTON] 98 13 3

[14 MILWAUKEE] 142 8 0

[15 NASHVILLE] 78 42 3

[1 TORONTO [1]] 147 4 N.A.

[2 LONDON [1]] 41 1 N.A.

[3 SINGAPORE [1]] 0 N.A. N.A.

[4 PARIS [1]] 52 3 N.A.

[5 HONG KONG [1]] 0 48 N.A.

QUALITY OF LIFE Violent Doctors crime rate per 1,000 per 100,000

[1 SEATTLE] 542.3 4.49

[2 DENVER] 595.6 2.79

[3 PHILADELPHIA] 693.6 3.64

[4 MINNEAPOLIS] 496.5 2.67

[5 RALEIGH-DURHAM] 634.7 4.94

[6 ST. LOUIS] 263.0 3.40

[7 CINCINNATI] 551.5 2.80

[8 WASHINGTON] 714.5 3.35

[9 PITTSBURGH] 382.1 3.66

[10 DALLAS-FORT WORTH] 825.4 1.96

[11 ATLANTA] 846.6 2.23

[12 BALTIMORE] 1,296.3 4.02

[13 BOSTON] 686.6 5.69

[14 MILWAUKEE] 518.9 3.11

[15 NASHVILLE] 1,132.5 3.25

[1 TORONTO [1]] 415.4 1.91

[2 LONDON [1]] 430.6 3.65

[3 SINGAPORE [1]] 43.5 1.44

[4 PARIS [1]] 154.8 3.51

[5 HONG KONG [1]] 156.3 1.26

Perks and Quirks

[1 SEATTLE] Smooth lifestyle counters the effects of too much designer caffeine.

[2 DENVER] It will never get higher, but it keeps on growing: nine consecutive years.

[3 PHILADELPHIA] Cultural tourism has expanded "the nation's most historic square mile."

[4 MINNEAPOLIS] Prince, parks, and polar cold. Mayo Clinic is a world-class place to get cured.

[5 RALEIGH-DURHAM] Don't you wish you had its problem: too much growth too quickly.

[6 ST. LOUIS] Great airport means easy access ... and exit, if provincialism makes you uneasy.

[7 CINCINNATI] Family life flourishes in the land of giant corporate headquarters.

[8 WASHINGTON] Lousy politics, but don't worry: It's not the only business in town.

[9 PITTSBURGH] Goodbye, sooty steel. Hello, gleaming glass. New technology belies old image.

[10 DALLAS-FORT WORTH] Cosmopolitan South (Dallas) meets wildcatting cowboys (Fort Worth).

[11 ATLANTA] Sprawling suburbs make for comfortable living and commuting nightmares.

[12 BALTIMORE] Home to H.L. Mencken, crabs, and strong blue-collar neighborhoods. [13 BOSTON] The universities radiate smarts. If only the Red Sox would catch some.

[14 MILWAUKEE] Second city to the Second City? Check the numbers; it's not just beer.

[15 NASHVILLE] More than country music (although still a great place to line-dance).

[1 TORONTO [1]] Entertainment, telecoms, biotech, Blue Jays, and that "tall pointy thing."

[2 LONDON [1]] Finance by day, theater at night, and the food's improving.

[3 SINGAPORE [1]] Superefficient system guarantees no snafus. But the climate's awfully hot.

[4 PARIS [1]] Pricey, but Europe's cultural capital is gaining points with business.

[5 HONG KONG [1]] Dealmaking 24 hours a day, interrupted only by trips to the tailor.

N.A. Not available. [1]International data not directly comparable. [2] Per capita income. [3] Percent of population 25 and older with post-secondary education. [4] Total museums and galleries.

Sources used in Arthur Andersen's survey of major cities: Claritas; Encyclopaedia Britannica Yearbook; Woods & Poole; Demographics USA, County Edition; Richard Ellis Real Estate Corp.; Runzheimer International; Weather Handbook; Weather Almanac; Places Rated Almanac; Crime in the United States; International Crime Statistics; Zagat Survey; Bond Street Travel; Human Resources Development Canada; INSEE; American Medical Association; Zero Population Growth; International Directory of Performing Arts; OAG; cities' chambers of commerce.