Regardless of your perspective, you want to live in Huntsville.

According to U.S. News & World Report, Huntsville is all of this:

The best place to live in Alabama.

The best place to live in the Deep South.

The 11th-best place to live anywhere in the United States.

"U.S. News analyzed the 125 most populous metro areas to find the best places to live," the magazine's website said of its rankings. "To make the top of the list, a place had to have good value, be a desirable place to live, have a strong job market and a high quality of life."

So what is it about Huntsville that's so appealing?

Among other things, housing costs are far below the national average, according to the website, and the job market is solid with salaries above the national average.

Overall, Huntsville scored a 7.1 out of 10, the website said, while Austin, Texas – deemed by the website as the best place to live – scored a 7.6.

After Austin, Denver was No. 2 in the rankings, followed by Colorado Springs, Fayetteville, Ark., Des Moines, Iowa, Minneapolis-St. Paul, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and Raleigh-Durham, N.C. at No. 10.

Click here to see the rankings and here to see the rankings’ methodology.