The Midwest is garnering greater interest among would-be renters, according to the latest monthly survey by RentCafe.

At the top of the list is Kansas City, Mo., which climbed up from second place and displaced Atlanta, which had been first, according to last month's report.  Second was Detroit. Albuquerque, N.M., moved up to third place, Cincinnati to fourth and Atlanta dropped to fifth.  

Cities on both coasts got some love from interested renters. In the West, Seattle/Tacoma climbed to 27, a big jump of 20 spaces; Vancouver soared an even more impressive 44 spots to be at 14, and Sacramento landed at 25, up from 43 due to the spillover effect of more renters leaving expensive Silicon Valley.

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