We鈥檝e already picked 60 of the best towns in America to brawl it out in our annual competition. But we need four more to complete the starting round, and we鈥檙e looking for your input. If you have a favorite town with easy access to trails and wilderness, farmers鈥 markets and craft beers, great neighborhoods and friendly neighbors, it鈥檚 easy. Just follow the simple guidelines below聽and upload your photos to Instagram. 国产吃瓜黑料聽readers could deem your favorite town the 鈥渂est town ever鈥 when they start voting on the completed bracket on May 4, 2015.
*Update: May 1, 2015: Thank you to all of the 108 towns who sent over 6,000聽impressive pictures our way. Picking a winner wasn't easy, but without further ado:聽Congratulations to our wild-card round winners!
South: Roanoke, VA
Midwest: Saugatuck, MI
West: Port Angeles, WA
East: New York, NY
Important Dates
- Voting starts at 8 a.m. EST on April 20, 2015.
- Voting ends at 8 a.m. EST on April 30, 2015.
Rules
- Use the hashtag #BestTowns2015 on each entry.聽
- Include the full name of your town and state in the description.聽
- You can enter as often as you want.
- If your town was one of the top 16 on our聽2014 Best Towns list, sorry, it鈥檚 time to give someone else a chance.
Judging
- First and foremost, enter frequently and encourage your friends to enter as well! We鈥檒l keep a tally of the number of posts each town gets.
- Beauty, composition, and vibe in the photo all count. Dull, ugly, or ill-framed images will be skipped.
- The number of likes an image gets matters.
- In the image description, tell us why your town deserves the wild-card spot. We鈥檒l take that into consideration. But keep it to one or two lines. More than that and our eyes may glaze over.
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