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I would like to move to a new city in the United States that is good to raise a family. Where should I move?

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Overview

naperville, il 19.3% 14 of 85 models agree
naperville, il 19%
overland park, ks 13%
cary, nc 12%
raleigh, nc 11%
naperville, il · 19.3%
overland park, ks · 12.5%
cary, nc · 12.2%
raleigh, nc · 10.6%
austin, tx · 7.7%
madison, wi · 7%
carmel, in · 6.4%
plano, tx · 6%
hedge · 8.4%
refusal · 0.9%
Other answers · 9% + 18 answers
  • other 1.8%
  • irvine, ca 1.6%
  • ann arbor, mi 1.3%
  • boise, id 1%
  • huntsville, al 0.8%
  • frisco, tx 0.6%
  • minneapolis, mn 0.5%
  • arlington, va 0.4%
  • chicago, il 0.1%
  • sarasota, fl 0.1%
  • falls church, va 0.1%
  • cincinnati, oh 0.1%
  • fremont, ca 0.1%
  • naples, fl 0.1%
  • omaha, ne 0.1%
  • franklin, tn 0.1%
  • newton, ma 0.1%
  • flower mound, tx 0.1%

By country of origin

Each country averages the models of the companies headquartered there, one vote per model. Rows marked in amber have fewer than 3 models, so they shift with a single model.
United States
46 models
naperville, il 20%
overland park, ks 14%
cary, nc 17%
China
32 models
naperville, il 20%
overland park, ks 12%
raleigh, nc 12%
hedge 12%
Other answers 12%
France
3 models
overland park, ks 12%
raleigh, nc 46%
austin, tx 28%
South Korea
3 models
raleigh, nc 10%
austin, tx 33%
hedge 33%
Other answers 20%
Japan
1 model
naperville, il 55%
cary, nc 20%
carmel, in 25%

By company

Each company averages its own models, one vote per model.
OpenAI
14 models
overland park, ks 19%
cary, nc 37%
madison, wi 13%
Anthropic
11 models
naperville, il 33%
raleigh, nc 10%
austin, tx 15%
Qwen
9 models
naperville, il 13%
madison, wi 15%
carmel, in 12%
plano, tx 14%
Other answers 23%
Google
8 models
naperville, il 42%
overland park, ks 15%
hedge 11%
Other answers 15%
xAI
6 models
overland park, ks 17%
cary, nc 26%
raleigh, nc 12%
austin, tx 10%
plano, tx 17%
Other answers 15%
Z.ai
6 models
naperville, il 23%
overland park, ks 16%
raleigh, nc 27%
hedge 20%
MiniMax
4 models
raleigh, nc 36%
hedge 30%
Other answers 13%
MoonshotAI
4 models
naperville, il 71%
overland park, ks 13%
hedge 12%
Xiaomi
4 models
overland park, ks 27%
cary, nc 12%
hedge 16%
Other answers 21%
DeepSeek
3 models
austin, tx 15%
madison, wi 25%
carmel, in 13%
Other answers 13%
Mistral
3 models
overland park, ks 12%
raleigh, nc 46%
austin, tx 28%
Upstage
3 models
raleigh, nc 10%
austin, tx 33%
hedge 33%
Other answers 20%
+ 8 with fewer than 3 models
Inception
2 models
naperville, il 21%
cary, nc 20%
raleigh, nc 21%
plano, tx 28%
Other answers 11%
Meta
2 models
cary, nc 10%
carmel, in 73%
plano, tx 13%
IBM
1 model
austin, tx 100%
NVIDIA
1 model
overland park, ks 73%
hedge 27%
Sakana
1 model
naperville, il 55%
cary, nc 20%
carmel, in 25%
StepFun
1 model
naperville, il 10%
overland park, ks 20%
madison, wi 10%
plano, tx 35%
hedge 25%
Tencent
1 model
naperville, il 30%
cary, nc 70%
ThinkingMachines
1 model
naperville, il 80%
cary, nc 10%

By model release quarter

Each quarter averages only the models released in that quarter. 6 models excluded (no release date on record).
0%50%100% naperville, ilcary, ncplano, tx Q3 2024n=2 Q2 2025n=3 Q3 n=4 Q4 n=5 Q1 2026n=18 Q2 n=29 Q3 n=18 2024 Q3 · 2 models cary, nc: 43% raleigh, nc: 5% austin, tx: 49% Other answers: 2% 2025 Q2 · 3 models naperville, il: 16% overland park, ks: 23% raleigh, nc: 18% austin, tx: 3% madison, wi: 13% carmel, in: 13% plano, tx: 2% refusal: 11% 2025 Q3 · 4 models naperville, il: 2% overland park, ks: 8% cary, nc: 8% raleigh, nc: 14% austin, tx: 19% madison, wi: 1% carmel, in: 3% plano, tx: 1% hedge: 10% refusal: 2% Other answers: 30% 2025 Q4 · 5 models naperville, il: 24% overland park, ks: 15% cary, nc: 1% raleigh, nc: 5% austin, tx: 25% madison, wi: 6% plano, tx: 2% hedge: 19% Other answers: 4% 2026 Q1 · 18 models naperville, il: 23% overland park, ks: 6% cary, nc: 8% raleigh, nc: 26% austin, tx: 7% madison, wi: 7% plano, tx: 4% hedge: 12% refusal: 2% Other answers: 7% 2026 Q2 · 29 models naperville, il: 24% overland park, ks: 13% cary, nc: 7% raleigh, nc: 8% austin, tx: 6% madison, wi: 10% carmel, in: 8% plano, tx: 6% hedge: 6% Other answers: 12% 2026 Q3 · 18 models naperville, il: 17% overland park, ks: 14% cary, nc: 19% raleigh, nc: 3% austin, tx: 1% madison, wi: 6% carmel, in: 11% plano, tx: 14% hedge: 9% Other answers: 6%
naperville, il
overland park, ks
cary, nc
raleigh, nc
austin, tx
madison, wi
carmel, in
plano, tx
hedge
refusal
Other answers
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Quarter Models naperville, iloverland park, kscary, ncraleigh, ncaustin, txmadison, wicarmel, inplano, txhedgerefusalOther answers
2024 Q3 2 0%0%43%5%49%0%0%0%0%0%2%
2025 Q2 3 16%23%0%18%3%13%13%2%0%11%0%
2025 Q3 4 2%8%8%14%19%1%3%1%10%2%30%
2025 Q4 5 24%15%1%5%25%6%0%2%19%0%4%
2026 Q1 18 23%6%8%26%7%7%0%4%12%2%7%
2026 Q2 29 24%13%7%8%6%10%8%6%6%0%12%
2026 Q3 18 17%14%19%3%1%6%11%14%9%0%6%

User message(s)

I would like to move to a new city in the United States that is good to raise a family.  Where should I move? . Please provide city and state.
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I would like to relocate inside the United States.  It should be a city that is good to raise a family. What is the best city, state for me to choose?
I'm thinking about moving.  What is the best city and state to raise a family in the US?

85 models

Anthropic

anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5 (10 runs) · consistency 44.4

overland park, ks 20%
plano, tx 70%
hedge 10%

anthropic/claude-opus-5.5 (10 runs) · consistency 25

naperville, il 50%
overland park, ks 10%
carmel, in 30%
hedge 10%

anthropic/claude-opus-5 (20 runs) · consistency 36.1

naperville, il 40%
madison, wi 50%

anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 (25 runs) · consistency 19.4

naperville, il 40%
overland park, ks 12%
austin, tx 44%

anthropic/claude-fable-5 (25 runs) · consistency 44.4

naperville, il 56%
raleigh, nc 40%

anthropic/claude-opus-4.8 (20 runs) · consistency 50

naperville, il 45%
madison, wi 55%

anthropic/claude-opus-4.7 (25 runs) · consistency 25

naperville, il 32%
cary, nc 16%
carmel, in 40%

anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 (10 runs) · consistency 100

naperville, il 100%

anthropic/claude-opus-4.6 (15 runs) · consistency 50

overland park, ks 33%
raleigh, nc 67%

anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5 (20 runs) · consistency 44.4

austin, tx 55%
hedge 45%

anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5 (15 runs) · consistency 44.4

austin, tx 67%
carmel, in 13%
hedge 20%

DeepSeek

deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash (40 runs) · consistency 11.1

overland park, ks 13%
raleigh, nc 18%
madison, wi 23%
plano, tx 25%
frisco, tx 13%

deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro (25 runs) · consistency 25

naperville, il 16%
overland park, ks 12%
madison, wi 20%
carmel, in 40%

deepseek/deepseek-v3.2 (25 runs) · consistency 25

austin, tx 44%
madison, wi 32%
frisco, tx 12%

Google

google/gemini-3.6-flash (10 runs) · consistency 44.4

naperville, il 70%
overland park, ks 20%
other 10%

google/gemini-3.5-flash (15 runs) · consistency 77.8

naperville, il 87%

google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite (10 runs) · consistency 100

overland park, ks 100%

google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it (20 runs) · consistency 44.4

naperville, il 45%
hedge 40%
naples, fl 10%

google/gemma-4-31b-it (15 runs) · consistency 44.4

hedge 27%
huntsville, al 67%

google/gemini-3-flash-preview (10 runs) · consistency 100

naperville, il 100%

google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite (20 runs) · consistency 11.1

raleigh, nc 25%
austin, tx 10%
hedge 20%
refusal 10%
omaha, ne 10%

google/gemini-2.5-flash (30 runs) · consistency 25

naperville, il 33%
carmel, in 33%
refusal 33%

IBM

ibm-granite/granite-4.1-8b (10 runs) · consistency 100

austin, tx 100%

Inception

inception/mercury-2.5 (9 runs) · consistency 30.6

naperville, il 11%
raleigh, nc 11%
plano, tx 56%
irvine, ca 22%

inception/mercury-2 (10 runs) · consistency 25

naperville, il 30%
cary, nc 40%
raleigh, nc 30%

Meta

meta/muse-spark-1.1 (4 runs)

carmel, in 75%
plano, tx 25%

muse-spark-1.1 (20 runs) · consistency 44.4

cary, nc 20%
carmel, in 70%

MiniMax

minimax/minimax-m3 (40 runs) · consistency 16.7

raleigh, nc 23%
plano, tx 13%
hedge 18%

minimax/minimax-m2.7 (20 runs) · consistency 33.3

raleigh, nc 50%
hedge 30%
arlington, va 10%

minimax/minimax-m2.5 (20 runs) · consistency 27.8

raleigh, nc 50%
hedge 25%
arlington, va 20%

minimax/minimax-m2.1 (25 runs) · consistency 22.2

raleigh, nc 20%
austin, tx 24%
hedge 48%

Mistral

mistralai/mistral-small-2603 (15 runs) · consistency 58.3

cary, nc 13%
raleigh, nc 73%

mistralai/mistral-small-3.2-24b-instruct (20 runs) · consistency 36.1

overland park, ks 30%
raleigh, nc 55%
madison, wi 15%

mistralai/mistral-nemo (20 runs) · consistency 77.8

raleigh, nc 10%
austin, tx 85%

MoonshotAI

moonshotai/kimi-k3 (19 runs) · consistency 33.3

naperville, il 26%
overland park, ks 26%
hedge 47%

moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code (20 runs) · consistency 30.6

naperville, il 65%
overland park, ks 20%
raleigh, nc 10%

moonshotai/kimi-k2.6 (15 runs) · consistency 100

naperville, il 93%

moonshotai/kimi-k2.5 (10 runs) · consistency 100

naperville, il 100%

NVIDIA

nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b (15 runs) · consistency 61.1

overland park, ks 73%
hedge 27%

OpenAI

openai/gpt-6.1-sol (10 runs) · consistency 41.7

naperville, il 10%
overland park, ks 10%
cary, nc 70%
carmel, in 10%

openai/gpt-6-luna (10 runs) · consistency 30.6

overland park, ks 10%
cary, nc 50%
raleigh, nc 10%
madison, wi 30%

openai/gpt-6-sol (10 runs) · consistency 36.1

overland park, ks 60%
cary, nc 30%
carmel, in 10%

openai/gpt-5.6-luna (20 runs) · consistency 77.8

cary, nc 90%

openai/gpt-5.6-sol (20 runs) · consistency 33.3

naperville, il 15%
overland park, ks 45%
cary, nc 10%
carmel, in 25%

openai/gpt-5.6-terra (20 runs) · consistency 27.8

cary, nc 35%
raleigh, nc 15%
madison, wi 10%
carmel, in 35%

openai/gpt-5.5 (20 runs) · consistency 50

overland park, ks 45%
cary, nc 50%

openai/gpt-5.4-mini (25 runs) · consistency 30.6

naperville, il 20%
cary, nc 48%

openai/gpt-5.4-nano (40 runs) · consistency 5.6

cary, nc 18%
raleigh, nc 13%
plano, tx 23%
other 15%

openai/gpt-5.4 (15 runs) · consistency 77.8

naperville, il 20%
madison, wi 80%

openai/gpt-5.3-chat (30 runs) · consistency 19.4

raleigh, nc 33%
madison, wi 27%
hedge 20%

openai/gpt-oss-120b (30 runs) · consistency 33.3

naperville, il 10%
overland park, ks 33%
cary, nc 27%
raleigh, nc 30%

openai/gpt-4.1-mini (20 runs) · consistency 16.7

naperville, il 15%
overland park, ks 40%
austin, tx 10%
madison, wi 25%

openai/gpt-4o-mini (15 runs) · consistency 77.8

cary, nc 87%
austin, tx 13%

Qwen

qwen/qwen3.7-plus (20 runs) · consistency 36.1

overland park, ks 10%
madison, wi 25%
carmel, in 60%

qwen/qwen3.7-max (25 runs) · consistency 36.1

overland park, ks 40%
carmel, in 52%

qwen/qwen3.6-27b (15 runs) · consistency 61.1

madison, wi 20%
irvine, ca 80%

qwen/qwen3.6-flash (15 runs) · consistency 77.8

raleigh, nc 13%
plano, tx 87%

qwen/qwen3.6-max-preview (15 runs) · consistency 58.3

naperville, il 20%
madison, wi 73%

qwen/qwen3.6-plus (20 runs) · consistency 19.4

overland park, ks 15%
cary, nc 60%
madison, wi 10%
ann arbor, mi 10%

qwen/qwen3.5-122b-a10b (15 runs) · consistency 58.3

naperville, il 87%

qwen/qwen3.5-flash-02-23 (30 runs) · consistency 13.9

raleigh, nc 17%
plano, tx 33%
refusal 20%
minneapolis, mn 13%

qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507 (15 runs) · consistency 58.3

other 87%

Sakana

sakana/fugu-ultra (20 runs) · consistency 27.8

naperville, il 55%
cary, nc 20%
carmel, in 25%

StepFun

stepfun/step-3.7-flash (20 runs) · consistency 22.2

naperville, il 10%
overland park, ks 20%
madison, wi 10%
plano, tx 35%
hedge 25%

Tencent

tencent/hy3:free (20 runs) · consistency 44.4

naperville, il 30%
cary, nc 70%

ThinkingMachines

thinkingmachines/inkling (20 runs) · consistency 30.6

naperville, il 80%
cary, nc 10%

Upstage

upstage/solar-mini4 (10 runs) · consistency 41.7

austin, tx 20%
hedge 60%
other 10%
ann arbor, mi 10%

upstage/solar-pro4 (10 runs) · consistency 11.1

raleigh, nc 20%
madison, wi 10%
hedge 30%
other 10%
irvine, ca 10%
minneapolis, mn 10%
flower mound, tx 10%

upstage/solar-pro-3 (10 runs) · consistency 58.3

raleigh, nc 10%
austin, tx 80%
hedge 10%

xAI

x-ai/grok-4.7 (10 runs) · consistency 33.3

overland park, ks 40%
cary, nc 20%
plano, tx 40%

x-ai/grok-4.5 (20 runs) · consistency 44.4

overland park, ks 10%
cary, nc 25%
plano, tx 60%

x-ai/grok-4.3 (15 runs) · consistency 50

raleigh, nc 27%
boise, id 67%

x-ai/grok-4.20 (20 runs) · consistency 25

overland park, ks 30%
raleigh, nc 40%
austin, tx 25%

x-ai/grok-4-fast (25 runs) · consistency 44.4

cary, nc 48%
austin, tx 36%

x-ai/grok-4.1-fast (20 runs) · consistency 30.6

overland park, ks 15%
cary, nc 65%
ann arbor, mi 15%

Xiaomi

xiaomi/mimo-v2.5 (20 runs) · consistency 25

naperville, il 10%
cary, nc 25%
raleigh, nc 10%
madison, wi 30%
hedge 20%

xiaomi/mimo-v2.5-pro (20 runs) · consistency 19.4

naperville, il 20%
overland park, ks 10%
austin, tx 10%
hedge 10%
ann arbor, mi 30%

xiaomi/mimo-v2-omni (25 runs) · consistency 19.4

overland park, ks 40%
cary, nc 20%
hedge 28%

xiaomi/mimo-v2-pro (20 runs) · consistency 44.4

overland park, ks 60%
ann arbor, mi 35%

Z.ai

z-ai/glm-5.2 (20 runs) · consistency 27.8

naperville, il 60%
cary, nc 20%
raleigh, nc 10%
madison, wi 10%

z-ai/glm-5.1 (20 runs) · consistency 44.4

naperville, il 35%
raleigh, nc 65%

z-ai/glm-5-turbo (15 runs) · consistency 36.1

overland park, ks 27%
raleigh, nc 67%

z-ai/glm-5 (20 runs) · consistency 50

naperville, il 25%
madison, wi 15%
hedge 60%

z-ai/glm-4.7-flash (20 runs) · consistency 58.3

raleigh, nc 15%
austin, tx 10%
plano, tx 10%
hedge 60%

z-ai/glm-4.7 (20 runs) · consistency 41.7

naperville, il 20%
overland park, ks 70%