Thursday, May 27, 2010

Kiplinger's Best Cities 2010

Kiplinger magazine's list of "Top Ten Cities for the Next Decade," was announced Wednesday.
  1. Austin, TX
    2. - Kiplinger
    Everything may be bigger in Texas, but Austin’s genius is nurturing the power of small. Just ask Rob Neville, who wants to develop his biotech firm, Savara Pharmaceuticals, into a major player in the field of inhaled-drug therapy. The firm started in Kansas, but Neville transplanted it to Austin because the city is arguably the country’s best crucible for small business. - Kiplinger
    Similar lists, listing Austin at the top of quality of living lists was another factor, in my fiances and I deciding to move to the Capital City of Texas.
  2. Seattle, WA
  3. Washington, DC
    4. Every tourist knows postcard D.C., the city that is home to the White House, the Capitol and all those free Smithsonian museums. But those of us who live in D.C. know better. Our home is chock-full of job prospects, entertainment venues and great neighborhoods, and it is booming. Blame it on big-government spending or credit Obama mojo, but the federal city is growing. D.C. proper, which now has a population of about 600,000, gained more new residents between July 2008 and July 2009 than in any other one-year period since World War II. - Kiplinger
  4. Boulder, CO
  5. Salt Lake City, UT
  6. Rochester, Minn
  7. Des Moines, IA
  8. Burlington, VT
  9. West Hartford, CT"
  10. Topeka, KS
    11. Another survey had Topeka as one of the top midsized cities to live and work. A fact that I have enjoyed. While other cities unemployment are in the double digits, Topeka has remained below 7%. This was one of the toughest reasons to leave the city that I love, but Austin is the number one large sized city to find jobs in the country.
    In its reserved, Midwestern way, Topeka has engineered a prosperity that most cities of similar size would envy. As the capital city of Kansas, nearly 25% of Topeka’s workforce is employed by the government, providing a stable job market. While unemployment rates have soared into double digits in some parts of the country, Topeka’s has stayed around or below 7%. - Kiplinger
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