TIME just named St. Louis one of the world s greatest places
The magazine highlighted the city s reinvigorated downtown.
On Tuesday,
TIME magazine selected St. Louis as one of the 100 World s Greatest Places for 2021. The list was compiled by correspondents and contributors from around the world, and each nominated places that offered new and exciting experiences. Our city is in good company: the Faroe Islands, Loire Valley, and the Maldives are just some of the impressive and far-flung places the editors of
TIME selected. In St. Louis case, they focused on the reinvigorated downtown and locals stops that any person living in or visiting St. Louis should go to. Â
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