La Mesa Named Among Most Exciting Cities in America

Hip, fun, young.

Those are the kinds of words a real estate blog used to describe towns that aren't big but don't skimp on style. Coming in at #34, La Mesa made the site's list of the most exciting small cities in America.

The list was made by Movoto.com and takes into account things like nightlife, number of live music venues (the more, the better), number of fast food restaurants (the fewer, the better) and percentage of residents between 20 and 34.

La Mesa scored particularly high in categories measuring park and outdoor activities and a low number of fast food restaurants.

Movoto.com defined small towns as those with a population between 50,000-60,000

Many of the towns listed, like "The Little Apple" in Manhattan, KS, were near a college like La Mesa is near San Diego State University.

National City was also on the list at #32.

Click here to see the full article and the list of America's top 50 exciting small cities.

How exciting do you find La Mesa? What words would you use to describe the city called "The Jewel of the Hills?"