CALIFORNIA BUSINESS MINUTE
Best Towns to Live Well
05-08-09
Hi, I am Tim Johnson and welcome to the California Business Minute.
Forbes.com has released yet another ranking, this time on America’s
‘Top 25 Best Towns to Live Well.’
The data comes from ZoomProspector.com, a San Francisco-based consulting
firm specializing in corporate relocation. It evaluated areas of the
country with less than 100,000 people. 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 such as patents, venture capital funding, sole-proprietorships,
start-ups and small businesses per capita.
California ranks the highest state with 9 communities on the list followed
by Maryland with 6 and Florida with 3. Illustrating that the Golden State
is a place where people want to live and why more people want to live here.
1. Boulder, CO
2. Doral, FL
3. Fairfax, VA
4. Mt. 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. Sugarland, TX
23. Potomac, MD
24. Santa Fe, NM
25. Kendall, FL
I am Tim Johnson and this has been the California Business Minute.
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