AUDL Franchises Represented in 'Best Places To Live'

Ten of the top-20 "Best Places to Live in America for 2017" (according to U.S. News & World Report) have an AUDL team. Five of their top-10 "best places" have an AUDL team.

The U.S. News list took into account several factors, including affordability, job prospects and quality of life. Here's how AUDL-y the top-20 places are:

* = current AUDL team

+ = AUDL expansion location

> = Former AUDL team

*1. Austin, Texas
Sol

+2. Denver, Colorado

*3. San Jose, California
Spiders

*4. Washington, D.C.
Breeze

5. Fayetteville, Arkansas

*6. Seattle, Washington
Cascades

*7. Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina
Flyers

+8. Boston, Massachusetts

9. Des Moines, Iowa

>10. Salt Lake City, Utah
Lions

11. Colorado Springs, Colorado

12. Boise, Idaho

*13. Nashville, Tennessee
NightWatch

>14. Charlotte, North Carolina
Express

*15. Dallas, Texas
Roughnecks

*16. San Francisco, California
FlameThrowers

*17. Minneapolis, Minnesota
Wind Chill

*18. Madison, Wisconsin
Radicals

19. Grand Rapids, Michigan

20. Houston, Texas