Forbes Magazine "Top 25 Places To Live"

[Tinfish]

1 Madison
2 Raleigh-Durham
3 Austin
4 Washington
5 Atlanta
6 Provo
7 Boise
8 Huntsville
9 Lexington
10 Richmond
11 Omaha
12 Albuquerque
13 Knoxville
14 Des Moines
15 Houston
16 Appleton
17 San Diego
18 Albany
19 Minneapolis-St Paul
20 Ann Arbor
21 Little Rock
22 Charleston
23 Fort Worth
24 Colorado Springs
25 Reno

[comsquat]

You have got to be kidding..based on what, being broke?

[Timma]

Albany?
Bouncer will move to Reno.

[comsquat]

Reno is a pit

[decadecadeca]

I call bullshit on about 20 of those. Especially Atlanta! Holy shit ya gotta be kidding....

[Bouncer]

Reno???? Reno is the dump of the world. Nothing but white trash and trailor parks. Hell, the show Reno 911 makes fun of the city itself. lol

[beefcake]

I'm surprised they didn't put LA and Detroit in there. They already threw in DC, that's like as bad as you can get.

[Bouncer]

Originally posted by beefcake
I'm surprised they didn't put LA and Detroit in there. They already threw in DC, that's like as bad as you can get.

Ha, im surprised they didnt say Newark New Jersey. Now THAT is as bad as they get!! lol. I wonder what they mean by best? I cant figure it out. They cant mean most beautiful place to live, they cant mean highest income, what do they mean by "best"??

[decadecadeca]

I think this is the link.

http://www.forbes.com/2004/05/05/04bestplacesland.html

[Tinfish]

Here is the methodolgoy

Outsourcing may be all the rage these days. But many companies are still looking homeward--with good reason: low business costs and an educated work force. For our sixth annual survey of Best Places for Business and Careers, we turned to Economy.com, the West Chester, Pa.-based economic and financial research firm. The resulting business cost index weighs expenses related to labor, energy, taxes and office space. To assess the qualifications of the work force we took into account the concentration of college graduates and Ph.D.s in an area. We also factored in job and income growth, migration patterns and crime rates. This year we added a culture and leisure index to the rankings. Compiled by Portland, Ore. consultant Bertrand Sperling, the index considers such amenities as museums, theaters, golf courses and sports teams. For more detailed information on the 150 largest metro areas, go to www.forbes.com/bestplaces, where you'll also find a ranking of 168 smaller metro areas and their vital stats.

[decadecadeca]

Here's another list, and it's not much better!

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4625179/&e=7249

[Jarconis]

A-town wooot wooot!

[Turbo3000]

Atlanta sucks. I have never found it to be a cool city.

[goliath]

that has got to be a joke. Huntsville? c'mon - the only thing in Huntsville is a maximum security federal prison.

[Shibby]

Originally posted by decadecadeca
Here's another list, and it's not much better!

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4625179/&e=7249

That's the first list I've seen with Austin ranked under the top 5 maybe 3 not sure. Either it is my favorite place in the states I've been or lived.