All Stacked up ~ Where Austin Ranked in 2009
Austin Monthly published an article in their current issue that I wanted to share with you about where Austin ranked in the news over the past year. What an amazing city we live in!
No. 1 – US city for job growth (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
No. 1 – Big city to find a job (Forbes)
No. 1 – Bargain City (Forbes)
No. 1 – Place to get a swim workout (Men’s Health)
No. 1 – Fastest growing metro area in the U.S. {tied with Raleigh} (U.S. Census Bureau)
No. 1 – Budget travel destination in the U.S. (Budget Travel Magazine)
No. 2 – Healthiest housing market (Builder Magazine)
No. 2 – Strongest metro economy in the nation (BusinessWeek)
No. 2 – Mid-size city to attend college (American Institute for Economic Research)
No. 3 – Top-performing North American airport: Austin-Bergstrom (Airports Council International)
No. 3 – Strongest metro economy (Brookings Institution)
No. 5 – Most educated city (U.S. Census Bureau)
No. 5 – City where young people will flock in the recovering economy (Wall Street Journal)
No. 6 – Best walking city (American Podiatric Medical Association)
No. 7 – Top tech center in America (American Cities Business Journal)
No. 8 – Best city in the country to live, work and play (Kiplinger)
No. 8 – Best place for business (Forbes)
No. 8 – City to launch a small business (Fortune)
No. 8 – Best place to live in the U. S. (MSNBC.COM)
No. 9 – Fittest city (American College of Sports Medicine’s American Fitness Index)
No. 10 – City for moviemakers (Moviemaker Magazine)
No. 11 – Best city for singles (Forbes)
No. 12 – Smartest city in the nation (The Daily Beast)
No. 14 – Coolest North American City (MSN Travel)
No. 15 – Art destination in the country (Americanstyle Magazine)
No. 17 – Fittest City (Men’s Fitness)
No. 18 – Best business school: UT’s McCombs Business School (U.S. News & World Report)
No. 19 – Most dangerous metropolitan city for pedestrians (Transportation for America)
Impressive rankings. Anxious to see what happens for the 2010 review.