New York didn't make the top 10 cut.

Chicago didn't even make a showing.

According to Forbes' determination of the U.S.' "coolest" cities, you won't find many of the usual suspects. Instead, Forbes, collaborating with Sperling's BestPlaces, came up with a top 20 list of "America's Coolest Cities" according to some very specific criteria, much of it centering on the interests of millennials.

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