You know the questions visitors ask, “Where are the city’s hot spots?“  Then there are the resident questions, “Where are the hot spots tonight?“  Ideally, one ideal ‘superpower’ would be to visit every single venue in a city simultaneously to see what’s worth checking out.  Citysense was invented for us mere mortals.

Built by Sense Networks for Blackberries and soon iPhones, the free application is based on the company’s Macrosense technology which analyzes existing data (e.g. demographics,

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Yes, it’s yet another city ranking. But considering that aesthetics matters most to U.S. citizens, it might be worth a look at BusinessWeek’s Top 10 Cities for Design in America (with a population over 500,000) conducted by RMJM Architects.

10 design-related categories include number of historic buildings, the public transit system, number of green buildings, size of the creative population/economy, architectural and design awards won, and interviews with over 1000 residents. So, the

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