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Entries from August 28th, 2008

Best Cities to Earn a Living

August 28th, 2008 · No Comments · Best Places to Earn a Living

Forbes has issued its list of the best cities for earning a living.  Houston topped the list based on its business environment, low unemployment, and high wages.  Oil industry profits were cited as one of the primary drivers of the Houston economy.  Minneapolis (large well know companies), Boston (biotech industry), and Washington D.C. (government related [...]

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Top Ten U.S. Cities for Affordable Vacations

August 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Affordable Vacation Cities

In these difficult economic times, the Hotwire list of has published a list of “Best Places for Value Vacations” may come in handy. Affordability was the primary criteria used to create the list. Phoenix tops the list. Nearby Old Town Scottsdale, Desert Botanical Gardens, the Phoenix Museum of History, and the winter residence of Frank [...]

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Top Ten European Cities to Live In

August 13th, 2008 · No Comments · Best Places to Live

Zurich has been chosen by Forbes magazine as the top European city to live in. Germany had three cities on the list including Dusseldorf, Munich, and Frankfurt. Factors considered in the study included economics, political stability, education, transportation, entertainment, housing, and access to consumer goods. 1. Zürich, Switzerland 2. Vienna, Austria 3. Geneva, Switzerland 4. [...]

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Top Ten Beachside Cities

August 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Best Beachside Cities

Beachside cities allow you to work by day, and hit the beach before or after dinner before the sun goes down. Where are the world’s top beachside cities? AskMen.com has created a list of the top ten beachside cities. Ask rank’s Miami number one and Dubai’s jumeirah beach came in second. Thought Venice was only [...]

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Top Ten Most Polluted Cities

August 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Ten Most Polluted Cities

Time magazine has published a story highlighting the worlds worst most polluted places. Linfen is cited as the worst polluted place. Not surprising since a report by the World Bank says China has 16 of the 20 most polluted cities and China’s Environmental Protection Agency says Linfen has the worst air quality in the country. [...]

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Cities with the Most Expensive Parking

August 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Most Expensive Parking

Colliers International has produced a report ranking the cities with the most expensive parking. London is number one with a monthly $1166.87. Interestingly, Australia had three cities on the list (Sydney, Brisbane, and Perth). Yet another reason to take mass transit! Delhi, India was the cheapest with at $1.75. Here are the ten most expensive: [...]

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America's Top Ten Hard Drinking Cities

August 9th, 2008 · No Comments · Top Drinking Cities

Forbes has released the results of a study to determine America’s top “hard-drinking” cities. A distinction most cities would not want. Austin, Texas topped the list with 61.5% of adults having at least one drink in the past 30 days, and 20.6% of have had five or more drinks on one occasion. Not sure why [...]

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Ten Most Expensive U.S. Cities to Live In

August 8th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Most Expensive U.S. Cities

According to data compiled by The American Chamber of Commerce Researchers Association. You’ll need a lot of cold hard cash to live in Alaska, which has three cities on the list. The ten most expensive United States cities to live in are as follows: 1.) New York City 2.) Boston, MA 3.) Juneau, Alaska 4.) [...]

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Top Ten Restaurant Cities

August 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Best Restaurant Cities

Which city has the worlds best retaurants? Some surprising picks from FoodandWine.com. Tokyo tops the list and Chicago made the cut at #8. San Francisco did not make the list. Spain captured two spots with Barcelona (#5) and Madrid (#7). Here is the complete list: 1.) Tokyo 2.) Paris 3.) New York City 4.) London [...]

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Ten Fastest Dying Cities

August 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Forbes has developed a list of the “Ten Fastest Dying Cities”. Factors considered include unemployment rates and economic growth. Ohio is the most unfortunate with four cities in the top ten. Cities are dying to get on this list…sorry, I could not help myself. Here is the ten cities on the forbes list: Canton, Ohio [...]

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