Unlike Phoenix, which has no class or culture at all, that I could see, the twin cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota are classic.
I stayed at the hostel in Minnie close to the Waldorf school:


more photos of Minneapolis – flickr
And photos of my days in St. Paul 2006 – flickr
I cannot verbalize why I like these cities (in less than the 3min I allot to write this post), I just do.