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Businesses Thrive in Mountain, Midwest States
Bill Lurz, Senior Editor
August 1, 2003
Professional Builder
Top 10 States |
1. Austin, Texas |
2. Boise, Idaho |
3. Raleigh-Durham, N.C. |
4. Atlanta |
5. Madison, Wis. |
6. Provo, Utah |
7. Omaha, Neb. |
8. Des Moines, Iowa |
9. Dallas |
10. Washington, D.C.-Northern Virginia |
Source: forbes.com |
Surprisingly, mountain and Midwest markets such as Boise, Idaho, and Madison, Wis., ranked ahead of perennial centers of commerce such as Chicago and Los Angeles.
Forbes.com turned to analysts at Economy.com, a West Chester, Pa.-based economic and financial research firm, to come up with this list. "We still kept a careful eye on income and job growth," the editors of forbes.com write. "But we also gave special attention to the cost of doing business, which includes the prices of labor, energy, taxes and office space.
"For the first time our rankings also characterized the attractiveness of a region by figuring in crime rates, housing costs and net migration."
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