Rarely does a week go by without Austin being listed at or near the top of a “best of” list.
Here are some highlights:
- The biggie people still like to talk about came from Kiplinger’s Personal Finance in May 2010, which tagged Austin as the No. 1 best city to live in for the next 10 years.
- Just last week, Austin placed third in a “Youngest Cities” ranking, which was based on how youthful residents feel, not their actual age.
- Austin is the second-best place to find a job right now, according to number crunchers at Ajilon Professional Staffing.
- In November, Austin was deemed to have the second-strongest job market in the country by the Milken Institute (behind only Killeen, Texas).
- That backs up another list in July 2010 that put Austin among the top job-generating cities.
- A CNN/Money study last year labeled Austin as recession-proof.
- Austin was chosen as one of the eight best places to live and work in the U.S. by Business Review USA.
- Austin was picked as the nation’s most progressive and proactive entrepreneurial center in a July article from Entrepreneur.com.
- We have some of the cleanest air in the country, according to another list.
- While we’re not really an industrial town, Austin is still one of the country’s top cities for manufacturing jobs, according to Manufacturers’ News Inc.
- Austin is also one of the safest cities of its size, another study said.
- Late last year, Austin residents were ranked the 7th brainiest in the U.S. by Daily Beast.
