The D.C. area is No. 2 on a new list of “America’s Coolest Cities,” and Bethesda even got a top-20 ranking of its own.

Forbes Magazine released the rankings Thursday afternoon, and the D.C. area, with a 5.4 percent unemployment rate, more than 6,000 local restaurants and plenty of diversity and recreational opportunities, came in just behind Houston.

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