Chicago Voted Best Big City in America for a 10th Consecutive Year
• From trending topic: Chicago Tops Condé Nast Traveler's Best Big City List for 10th Straight Year
Summary
Chicago was voted Best Big City in the U.S. by Condé Nast Traveler readers for the tenth consecutive year, according to Choose Chicago. The Obama Foundation also announced the result, identifying it as part of the publication’s 39th annual Readers’ Choice Awards.
Choose Chicago promoted the result as a ‘perfect 10’ and invited people to share the news. The award records the preference expressed in a travel publication’s readers’ poll. The retained announcements provide the outcome while leaving the sample size and detailed scoring methodology unspecified.
Common Perspectives
Civic celebration
Choose Chicago and the Obama Foundation explicitly celebrate the tenth consecutive win. Their posts demonstrate how local institutions use the result to express pride in the city. They provide evidence of those organizations’ responses, with wider resident opinion requiring separate reporting.
Tourism promotion
As marketing analysis, a repeated award supplies a clear message for destination promotion. Choose Chicago’s invitation to spread the news is a direct example. Whether the publicity leads to additional visits would require tourism data.
Understanding the poll
A methodological perspective asks who voted, how responses were collected and how the category was defined. Those details would help readers interpret the scope of the result. A readers’ choice award measures preferences within its particular voting process.
A Different View
Visitors and residents may use different criteria when assessing a city. A useful follow-up could examine how a strong tourism reputation relates to residents’ experience of local services, access and affordability. The award alone leaves that relationship open.
Conclusion
Chicago’s tenth consecutive win is a clear result in this readers’ poll. The publication’s methodology and subsequent visitor data would provide further context for its significance.
Sources and discussion
These public posts were collected while researching this story. They provide context and reactions, but may not independently verify every claim.
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Chicago has been voted the Best Big City in America for the 10th year in a row
Oct 7, 20263K likes349 repostsThe Obama Foundation
@ObamaFoundation
It’s a 10-peat! Now the world knows, again, what every Chicagoan lives daily: Chicago is the Best Big City in America! Today @CNTraveler’s 39th Annual Reader’s Choice Awards named Chicago America’s Best Big City for the tenth year in a row. We are proud to add to the richness
Oct 6, 2026918 likes187 repostsChoose Chicago
@ChooseChicago
Officially a perfect 10. 🏆 Chicago has been voted Best Big City in the U.S. by @cntraveler readers for an unprecedented 10 years in a row! ✨ Spread the news with #ChicagoBestBigCityx10 🔗 Read more: #RCA2026 #NeverOutdoneChi
Oct 6, 2026133 likes44 repostsMayor Brandon Johnson
@ChicagosMayor
#1 City. 10 Years. 0 Doubts.
Oct 6, 202657 likes17 reposts