Quality of Life

Arts

• #9 best place to make movies in 2008, with a history of being in the top 10 (MovieMaker Magazine)
• Read more about the Top Arts Destinations in 2008 and 2009.

Dining and Entertainment

• 3rd highest grossing concert venue in 2008 (Billboard Magazine)
• 16th most active summer concert markets in 2009 (Stubhub)
• 1st for food health, so try the amazing restaurants around the region
• One of the Top 10 best new restaurants of 2009, the Woodberry Kitchen
• Parents Magazine named Baltimore's Maryland Science Center one of the 10 Best Science Centers in 2008.
• Baltimore was named the Best Tailgating City by KVH Industries in 2007.

Environment

• Baltimore's Patterson Park is one of the Best City Parks in 2009.
• Read more about Baltimore's harbor fromCoastal Living.
• Find out more about sustainable cities.

Health and Fitness

• Home to Johns Hopkins University, the #1 ranked hospital in the US for 21 years straight
• Home to St. Joseph Medical Center, a Top 100 Hospital
• Places highly among the 25 Largest Metropolitan areas in each of the CDC's measures of health: sobriety, activity and fitness, smokiness, women's health, health insurance coverage, and rates of asthma.
• To see the complete list of top-ranked hospitals, click here.

Neighborhoods

• Best places to live in 2009 include Eldersburg (#47) and Mount Airy (#53).
• Best places to live in 2008 include Columbia/Ellicott City (#8), Gaithersburg (#29), Rockville (#66), and Germantown (#81)
• Best places to live in 2010 include Columbia/Ellicott City (#2) and several honorable mentions