Sharing the list with great American cities like Austin, Durham, Auburn, and Albuquerque, St. Augustine currently appears on the U.S. News and World Report top ten Best Places to Live 2009.

Report writer Luke Mullins highlights the charming St. Augustine aspects of “a highly educated workforce,” “world-class golfing,” and the “refreshing Atlantic breeze,” along with the city’s famous colonial aesthetic.

In the report, local fisherman Donald Edwards said, “Fishing, kayaking, boating—we have just about everything.  I wouldn’t live anywhere else.”