orbes magazine recently
released the annual top ten Another research firm that
rankings of best small contributed towards the rankings
cities for business and careers. is Sperling's Best Places. Forbes
These best cities to live and magazine uses the culture and
work were chosen based on a leisure index developed by
variety of factors such as Researcher Bertrand Sperling of
availability of labor, tax rates Sperling's ‘Best Places to Live’
and other living costs, quality fame for quality-of-life issues
of life issues, educational such as cultural and recreational
opportunities, crime rates and opportunities. The culture and
cultural and recreational leisure index is based on
opportunities. museums, theaters, golf course,
sports teams and other
The rankings of best cities in activities. The data also
the U.S. were partly based on includes the education scenario
data supplied by Economy.com, a in the cities and the presence of
Pennsylvania-based economic four-year colleges. Crime rates
research firm. The firm's of the cities were sourced from
business cost index factors in the FBI Index of Crime.
the costs of labor, taxes, energy
and office space. Cost of living The following are the top ten
was considered by various aspects best small metro cities to live
such as housing, utilities, and work and their approximate
transportation, and food and populations:
household expenditures. The firm
also provided five-year 1. Sioux Falls, S.D.: Sioux Falls
annualized figures on job and captured the top spot of smaller
income growth and migration cities that are best for business
trends. and careers. The metro area
consists of 210,000 residents. population of 139,000.
2. Bismarck, N.D.: Bismarck 7. Rapid City, S.D.: South
ranked second in the list and has Dakota’s Rapid City was number
a population of 100,000. seven on the list. The metro area
has a population of 119,000
3. Columbia, Mo.: Columbia with a residents.
population of 154,000 clinched
the third place. 8. Las Cruces, N.M.: Las Cruces,
New Mexico ranked eighth with a
4. Fargo, N.D.: At fourth place population of 193,000.
was Fargo, North Dakota with
approximately 186,000 residents. 9. Morgantown, W.Va.: At ninth
spot was Morgantown, West
5. Iowa City, Iowa: Fifth on the Virginia with a population of
list of best small cities to live 115,000 residents.
and work was Iowa City with a
total population of 139,000. 10. Johnson City, Tenn.: Rounding
up the top ten smaller metros was
6. Bloomington, Ind.: Bloomington Johnson City, Tennessee. The
was sixth on the annual list of metro area has about 190,000
the best smaller metro areas for residents.
business and careers and has a
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