6/7/19 Resonance Consultancy Best Small Cities - Albuquerque Business First

Albuquerque was ranked the No. 4 Best Small City by Resonance.

Albuquerque's "diverse cultures, authentic art and dynamic traditions" contributed to it being named one of the Best Small Cities in America.

Global consulting firm Resonance Consultancy released a list of the Best Large and Small Cities in America on Wednesday and found Albuquerque to be the No. 4 best small city. Resonance compared 23 factors across six key categories, using a combination of statistics and online ratings and reviews, according to a news release. A small city was defined as having a population from 200,000 to 1 million.

The key categories included place, product, programming, people, prosperity and promotion.

Albuquerque scored as a top five small city in the product (No. 2), programming (No. 4) and promotion (No. 5) categories. Honolulu claimed the top overall ranking as it graded first in each of those three categories in addition to the place category. View the accompanying slideshow to see the top 10 Best Small Cities according to Resonance. Not pictured is Charleston, South Carolina, which was found to be the No. 3 best small city.