Best cities

With high-speed Internet access becoming ubiquitous, today's telecommuters can live just about anywhere. DailyFinance has gone hunting for the cities that offer the best combination of urban charm, culture and recreation, at prices that New Yorkers and Angelenos would envy.

One aspect of any really big decision is the degree to which it changes one's identity. The little decisions are things that can be reversed, replaced, or otherwise ignored, while the big ones leave their mark.For example, my college majors determined a large part of the path that my life has...