3. Austin, Texas
Surprised to find Texas here? Probably not, since I mentioned it in the intro, but you would be if I hadn’t.
In spite of being one of the largest cities in a renownedly bigot state, Austin (and Round Rock), that ranks third on our list of top 10 gayest cities in America show that 5.3% of the population identifies as gay. Why? Well, there is a clear reason for which the NYT has bagged Boston and Austin together in their article (even though the two are far from being alike) and this is it: Austin is a well-educated city, with good colleges, which adds up to a large amount open-minded people. We could debate all day whether (good) education makes you tolerant or not (I think it does), but the fact that for “some reason”, most of the LGBT community in this huge state that’s anti-same-sex-marriage has decided to move to Austin speaks for itself.
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