Best City in the Country...

I have always thought that Austin was one of THE best places to live. There are TONS of reasons for this and I could spend a whole blog entry about it. However, I will save that for another time! This blog is to share that even Forbes thinks Austin is the best place to be!!!

Forbes has named the Austin/Round Rock area their top pick for the best city on their "Best and Worst Cities for Recession Recovery". According to Forbes.com:

Austin - Round Rock, Texas
BEST POISED FOR RECOVERY

Current GDP: $72.4 billion
End of 2010: $77.7 billion (projected)
Unemployment: 5.8%

From now to the end of 2010, the economy of Austin is projected to grow by $5 billion, and unemployment has stayed relatively subdued. The city's diverse economy, home to Dell, the University of Texas and the Texas state government, has kept the economy strong.

Overall, Texas fared pretty well on the complete "best" list:

2. Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR
3. Boulder, CO
4. Huntsville, AL
5. San Antonio, TX
6. Mobile, AL
7. Dallas-Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX
8. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, CD, MD, W.VA
9. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
10. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

Here is the complete article.

Forbes has also named the Austin-Round Rock area number one of their "Best Big Cities for Jobs" list! Again, Texas represented itself on that list too!!

2. Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
3. San Antonio, TX
4. Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX
5. Dallas-PLano-Irving, TX
6. Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA
7. Salt Lake City, UT
8. Raleigh-Cary, NC
9. Oklahoma City, OK
10. Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR/WA

So, as you can see, it really IS a great place to be!!