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Forbes just compiled and released a list of the cities with the highest rates of job growth based on long, medium and short term factors, meaning that these are almost certainly cities not just seeing a small spike, but cities seeing a trend toward long term job creation. That means, if you’re looking to move out of the house with mom and dad with the potential to stay out, these are your best bets.
1. San Jose-Santa Clara-Sunnyvale, CA
2. San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA
3. Austin-Round Rock- San Marcos, TX
4. Raleigh-Cary, NC
5. Houston-Suger Land-Baytown, TX
6. Nashville-Davidson-Mufreesboro-Franklin, TN
7. New York City, NY
8. Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
9. Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX
10. Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO
11. Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
12. San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
13. Salt Lake City, UT
14. Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC
15. Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA
Texas is coming in very strong here, with 5 major metropolitan areas of Texas showing very strong numbers. California is represented in the top two spots, unsurprisingly. The East Coast was pretty poorly represented though, except for NYC and the tech sector of North and South Carolina, which house a ton of small and medium biotechnology companies and their support industries.
The big take home seems to be move south to somewhere hot and sunny. Like half of these cities fall under that umbrella, and it looks like moving there isn’t just a good investment for your tanning potential, but your earning potential as well. This advice is tempered with caution for gingers though, because we basically explode in direct sunlight south of Georgia.
The rankings come at a perfect time with everyone graduating next month. Take notes, soon-to-be graduates. These are definitely the places you want to start your search.
[via Forbes]
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Jack Quesinberry
Recent graduate from the University of Maryland working in the biotech industry. I like to spend my weekends in DC ensuring my future political career will be one filled with a number of great scandals and equally great Sunday brunches. My alter ego is Whiskey Ginger.
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Raleigh-Durham is an awesome area. I love it here and don’t plan on leaving for a very long time. 2 hours from the beach, 3 hours from the mountains, and a 1 1/2 hour flight to Atlanta.
I don’t think you can refer to anything in North Carolina as “mountains”, especially on a list that includes Denver and Salt Lake City. Hills, maybe.
Cary, is cool too…but it’s suburbia. Stick with Raleigh/Durham.
Grew up in Cary, work in Raleigh now. I can’t imagine living there (in Cary) as a single postgrad. Like Bateman’s father said, it’s an awesome place and I can’t see myself leaving anytime soon.
Charlotte #1
What kind of jobs are these, though? I remember Texas’s claims of job growth were mostly due to an explosion of minimum wage positions.
Texas is just an awesome state.
I thought that picture looked like Downtown SJ. It’s quite humorous though that they list the entire Upper Peninsula and S.Bay yet exclude powerhouses PA, MV, and Cupertino.
Agreed but MV and PA haven’t seen the boom that SOMA, SJ and Santa Clara have. I’d say Cupertino is a subset of Santa Clara though.
Eh, I’ve seen far more clients coming in from MV/SV/PA than the others. You should have seen downtown MV/SV 4 years ago, they were dead, really a whole different story now.