Forbes uses ZoomProspector to Rank Small Cities that Have Big City Business & Cultural Environments
Forbes, one of the world’s leading business media companies, today released its list of the best small cities to live, work and operate a business in an article entitled, “America’s Top 25 Towns To Live Well.” Forbes turned to ZoomProspector to research and rank the cities on the list by a variety of demographic, business, cultural and geographic variables that make the small cities on the list great places to live and work.
Forbes searched cities across the United States with populations of less than 100,000 people to compile the list. According to the article by Matt Woolsey:
“Characteristics like the number of museums, parks, bars and restaurants, and cultural institutions per capita were considered, as were factors indicative of a favorable business environment. These include patents, venture capital funding, sole-proprietorships, start-ups and small businesses per capita… When you have museums and sunshine, mountains, nice restaurants and a local economy with new companies starting up, it makes an otherwise slow economy far easier to deal with.”
ZoomProspector Co-CEO and Co-Founder Anatalio Ubalde was quoted in the article, saying:
“Many small and medium-sized cities have developed the business, demographic and lifestyle amenities of big cities. While smaller cities may not have the total number of quality employees and amenities of larger cities, on a per-capita basis, they are very competitive locations for businesses.”
In addition to the main article, Forbes also included a slideshow of all of the cities on the list. To see a list of the Top 25 Towns to Live Well in America, read the rest of the post.
Top 25 Towns to Live Well in America (click on a the city to see detailed data):
1 Boulder, CO
2 Doral, FL
3 Fairfax, VA
4 Mountain View, CA
5 Cupertino, CA
6 Newton, MA
7 Columbia, MD
8 Rockville, MD
9 Coral Gables, FL
10 Foster City, CA
11 Belmont, CA
12 Hillsborough, CA
13 North Potomac, MD
14 Santa Monica, CA
15 Sandy Springs, GA
16 Aliso Viejo, CA
17 Germantown, MD
18 Evanston, IL
19 Davis, CA
20 Silver Spring, MD
21 Tustin, CA
22 Sugar Land, TX
23 Potomac, MD
24 Santa Fe, NM
25 Kendall, FL
June 16th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
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