It's been a little while since I've done a non-music related weekend top five, so I figured this weekend was as good of time as any to do so. The prompt for this list (for those of you not on Plinky) is "List the cities that you would consider moving to in the future". I'm actually going to take this a slightly different route and list the five cities in the United States that I would most likely move to if money were not a factor.

5. Columbus, Ohio

While I try not to make decisions about where I live based on the sports teams that play there, this would be the one exception on the list. In a perfect world, I'd have season tickets to see the Columbus Blue Jackets' home games and would make every effort to go to as many of the games as possible. Forget the fact that the college football team I most despise also plays in Columbus, I think if I had a condo within walking distance of the Arena District, I'm pretty sure I could put up with Buckeye fans, at least during hockey season. Sports aside, Columbus is the most beautiful large city in Ohio, and while it's like a slightly smudged computer screen to a bunch of mud and rust covered spider nests, it's evident that Columbus' revitalization project, unlike that of other major Ohio cities, is actually working.

4. Burlington, Vermont

Isolation from the rest of the non-Canadian world aside, Burlington actually seems like a pretty cool place to live. At just over 40,000 people, it's a large enough city that not everyone knows your business, but yet it's small enough that if someone tries to break into your house, the cops won't have to look too hard to find the culprit. Lake Champlain has some of the best scenic views in New England, particularly in the famously picturesque autumns in the Northeast. A lesser thought of perk of living in Burlington is the fact that the city is also home to the Ben and Jerry's factory and original store.

3. Honolulu, Hawaii

In what might be the most shocking entrant on this list, I've chosen to add a warm weather city to my top five. As many of my readers know, I've been living in the Phoenix, Arizona area for the last nine months, a city known for it's warm winters, warmer springs, and the so hot you can fry bacon on an ice cube summers. Objectively speaking, it's the kind of weather I hate more than anything, so why the addition of Honolulu? From a climate standpoint, Hawaii is more tropical, providing residents with rain on a semi-regular basis. While it can be expensive to get some of my favorite fruits here in the lower 48, an endless supply of pineapple, coconut, papaya and banana would be waiting for me on the islands. Throw in the fact that the University of Hawaii is a very good research university and I'd be set.

2. Seattle, Washington

Really the top two spots on this list could be labeled as 1a and 1b, but I dislike messing up numerical order on things. From a music and art scene, it's difficult to beat Seattle. While the city does house my favorite NFL team, other than wanting to see them play live once, I prefer to watch football games on TV, so this wouldn't factor much into my decision. The cool, rainy climate would be ideal in my eyes, and other than the looming shadow of Mount Rainer, the likelihood of a catastrophic natural disaster is next to zero for much of the Pacific Northwest. Add in the fact that it's just a short drive to Vancouver and Canada in general and Seattle's in a near perfect location.

1. Indianapolis, Indiana

The only thing that keeps Seattle from occupying the top spot on this list is the distance from my family and friends, whom I'd like to see on occasion. Indy is a four(ish) hour drive from both Bowling Green and Mansfield, Ohio, which is a far enough distance that I don't have family beating down my door wanting to eat my macaroni and cheese every night, but close enough that I could drive back for holidays/sporadic cookouts/random weekend long raids of Grandma's pantry. I've had an infatuation for living in the state of Indiana since the first time I went there at the age of 12, and despite most people thinking it's just a place you drive through to get somewhere better, I personally really like the state from Bloomington northward (I can't speak for the southern part of the state).