Raleigh, NC Named #2 Biggest Boom Town By Forbes.
Raleigh, North Carolina’s capital city has just been named the number two city in America after Austin Texas that will be the biggest boom towns in the future according to Forbes magazine.
Raleigh was chose for this lofty honor because of it’s many gains and qualities, most notably it has had the second highest population increase and the third highest job growth in the last two decades. It also ranked with regions who have the biggest jump in new immigrants and is the Number 1 city for families with young children.
The article went on to say that the area is attracting technology companies looking for lower cost alternatives to the expensive northeast corridor. One other reason technology companies come to Raleigh and the Triangle is the large number of highly skilled and trained workforce, where the percentage with college degrees is high.
The author Joel Kotkin writes “Affordable housing and short commute times are no doubt highly attractive to recent college graduates and millennials looking to start families.”
This latest title comes just days after Forbes named Raleigh number 1. on it’s list of Places for Business and Careers.
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Good news. Looks like a great area.
Thank you for sharing and best of luck!
Good reporting, David. I love it so much I am going to re-blog. Guess we better start building again cause the folks are coming!
Thanks Jeff and Heather, we like it!
Alan, Thanks for the re-blog, we have a few ready!