Where Atlantic Cities Readers Think Millennials Can Make It Now

"Where Millennials Can Make It," my series exploring nine U.S. cities with a lot to offer young people, really seemed to hit a nerve when it launched two weeks ago. The series intro was retweeted by everyone from mayors to MTV. The Internet is bursting with city pride—and not only from the places on my list.

"List-making courts outrage," tweeted Washington Post reporter ‏@MrDanZak. "So let me say that it's ABSURD that #Buffalo isn't on this list of #Millennial cities." St. Louis got some love from @tinyswordsman, who thinks "#STL fits the bill perfectly." And ‏@shannonjaax employed the series prototypes, making the case that "Kansas City [is] definitely a SPFBF"—Small Pond for Big Fish—"and TLBTT"—Town Luring Back Its Townies. Other cities the Internet informed me that I missed: Philadelphia, Des Moines, Grand Rapids, Colorado Springs, Reno, Phoenix, Tucson, Oklahoma City, Columbus, Fargo, North Carolina’s research triangle, and many, many more.