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Do you see better fashion on the ride to work than you do in Vogue magazine -- or are you stuck with JC Penny's, and dreaming about H&M? While it's certainly possible to be stylish anywhere, the fashion-forward tend to flock to a few choice locations around the globe. But where?

Forbes magazine has recently ranked the "World's Most Stylish Cities," and while some of them -- like New York, London and Paris -- are obvious, there's a few on the list that might surprise you. Here's the top 10 -- did you city make the cut?

[via Haute Concept]

To be a truly stylish person, you need to live in a stylish place. You could opt for something obvious -- like New York, L.A. or Chicago. Those are all great cities, full of fashionable people as far as eye can see.

But if you're looking for something a little more under the radar (or just can't afford rent in the aforementioned locations), you might want to consider a mid-sized city. However, beware. Some mid-sized cities -- while full of wonderful people -- are not fashionable in any way. Take Cleveland, for instance. I grew up there. It's a great place. They have a great basketball team. The people dress like they're trapped in a never-ending 1994.

Fortunately, MSN City Guides has compiled a list of the Top 5 Cities for Young Singles. These are the places with the best nightlife, best cost of living, and largest percent of the workforce in the "Creative Class" (designers, writers, artists, etc).

Austin, TX (where I live), made the list, along with Washington DC, Denver, CO, Raleigh, NC and Lexington, KY.

Check out the list for photos, descriptions, and criteria on how they decided which cities made the cut. Then pick your favorite, and move accordingly.

We all know that city life and city people are very different from country life and country people. But would you believe that birds are also affected by the urban/suburban divide?

Dutch researchers have recently discovered that urban birds have a different song pattern than their rural counterparts. Cities birds tend to have short fast songs, versus the slower, longer melodies of their country cousins. Study leaders said urban birds had developed shorter, more varied, higher-pitched sounds so that they can be heard above trains, airplanes and road traffic. Country birds, on the other hand, have little environmental noise to compete with so their songs tend to softer and more melodic.

Pretty cool isn't it?

[via bbc.co.uk]