The Cities That Never Sleep

The answer to the question "Did you sleep well?" may depend on where you live. According to "Sleep in the City," a study that ranks the 50 most populous U.S. metropolitan areas according to whose residents sleep best, Minneapolis tops the list, reporting 23 nights of good sleep a month. The country's most fitful sleepers hail from Detroit, with Cleveland and Nashville close behind.

The complete rankings:

1. Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
2. Anaheim, Calif.
3. San Diego, Calif.
4. Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, N.C.
5. Washington, D.C.
6. Northern New Jersey
7. Chicago, Ill.
8. Boston, Mass.
9. Austin-San Marcos, Texas
10. Kansas City, Mo.
11. Oakland, Calif.
12. Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, N.J.
13. Denver, Col.
14. Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif.
15. Columbus, Ohio
16. Pittsburgh, Pa.
17. San Antonio, Texas
18. Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif.
19. Philadelphia, Pa.
20. Sacramento, Calif.
21. Newark, N.J.
22. Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, N.C.
23. Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, N.C.
24. Houston, Texas
25. Milwaukee-Waukesha, Wisc.
26. Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash.
27. Salt Lake City-Ogden, Utah
28. Dallas, Texas
29. Indianapolis, Ind.
30. Nassau-Suffolk, N.Y.
31. Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
32. Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, Va.
33. Orlando, Fla.
34. Baltimore, Md.
35. Atlanta, Ga.
36. San Jose, Calif.
37. Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
38. Phoenix-Mesa, Ariz.
39. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla.
40. Portland, Ore.
41. St. Louis, Mo.
42. San Francisco, Calif.
43. Miami, Fla.
44. Las Vegas, Nev.
45. New York, N.Y.
46. New Orleans, La.
47. Cincinnati, Ohio
48. Nashville, Tenn.
49. Cleveland, Ohio
50. Detroit, Mich.

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