Lifestyle | lists 9 Perfect Places to Live Arts, culture, beauty, jobs—these towns have it all, and real people, too Copied 9 Perfect Places to Live The Thrills - Santa Cruz (darydickens (YouTube)) Outside magazine selects 30 sweet spots—the best towns for mixing city life with the big outdoors—and, oh yeah, getting a job, too. Here are the top nine: Santa Cruz, California Jackson, Wyoming Iowa City, Iowa Bend, Oregon Santa Fe, New Mexico Duluth, Minnesota Asheville, North Carolina Portland, Maine Burlington, Vermont Read These Next Viking Cruises likes to say no. It's paid off. Two Powerball players have a lot of financial planning to do. Trump may be targeting this city next due to a misleading news report. A pastor's dream factored in the discovery of hiker's remains. See 5 photos Report an error