Situated in the Texas panhandle halfway between Albuquerque and Oklahoma City on Route 66, Amarillo is a quintessential southwestern town that’s serious about business. The city’s popular Convention Center ranks #28, serving as the centerpiece of a diverse economy, which is getting set to welcome a brand new campus for the Texas Tech School of Veterinary Medicine and a new facility for SSI Foods. Amarillo ranks #23 in Attractions, offering plenty of local flavor to tourists. Cadillac Ranch, a unique art installation featuring 10 Cadillacs buried hood-first in the ground, served as an inspiration for the popular Disney movie, Cars, as well as the franchise’s new park at Disneyland. At the Big Texan Steak Ranch, diners bold enough to finish a 72-ounce steak in under an hour, eat free.