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New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco: Not that you care, but you didn’t make this list. Austin and Portland: we love your weirdness, but unfortunately, with great popularity comes not-so-great prices. Whether or not they admit it, most writers, musicians, illustrators, makers, and tinkerers of every stripe aspire to remove the “struggling” from the “struggling artist.” So instead, we found the best places to move next time the landlord jacks up your rent.

Puerto Vallarta will hit you right in the gut. I mean that both good and bad. It’s a city that captivated me the first time I visited nearly five years ago. Of all the cities I’ve been to in Mexico (and I’ve been to a lot, having lived in the country and visited more than 60 times), it is the one that has burrowed deepest into my heart.

If you love celebrating St. Patrick’s Day then this weekend was made for you. There are non-stop block parties, the official parade, so many bar crawls, a doggie costume contest, and even a St. Patrick’s Day and reggae-themed cruise around the Bay.

Let’s hear it for those four-leaf clovers: This year St. Patrick’s Day falls on a Sunday, which means the holiday synchronizes with the 118th iteration of the city’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade. We predict post-Super Bowl levels of work productivity come Monday.

Prepare thyselves. Soon a haze will descend on our fair town. Throngs of green-wearing revelers will take to the streets. The sweet scent of fine draft stouts will fill the air. The rivers will run green with… well… green dye. What we’re trying to say is St. Patrick’s Day is coming. Specifically, it’s coming for you. Whether you like it or not. We’re here to make sure you’re prepared, and that means giving you a survival guide to one of Chicago’s most iconic events: the annual St. Patrick’s Day

Pittsburgh has celebrated (and as history states, sometimes not celebrated) St. Patrick’s Day with a parade for nearly 150 years, through rain, shine, and of course, the infamous Blizzard of ‘93. The city has continued to add traditions to the holiday, like the introduction of Finn the Irish Wolfhound mascot in 2018, evolving it into one of the nation’s biggest and best Irish celebrations. Here’s everything you need to know to about Pittsburgh’s St. Patrick’s Day parade.

The most ideal spring break destinations tend to be places where you can a) party if you so choose and b) travel to at reduced cost. In the center of that Venn diagram are the 10 cities below -- most of them here in the US, but a few abroad that are worthy of your consideration, if you have the time for extended travel.