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Top Ten Green Cities

kmhhansen — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:28:16 +0000

Mother Nature Networks has selected their picks for the top ten green cities. The criteria included air and water quality, availability of organic products, buying local, green transportation, recycling and waste management and use of greenspace. The west coast dominates the list with three California cities, two Oregon picks and Seattle. Here is the list….

1. Portland, Oregon

2. San Francisco

3. Boston

4. Oakland, California

5. Eugene, Oregon

6. Cambridge, Mass.

7. Berkeley, California

8. Seattle

9. Chicago

10. Austin, Texas

Read more about the Top Ten Green Cities.

Best Cities to Earn a Living

kmhhansen — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:04:18 +0000

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 jobs) also made this list. To compile the list Forbes drew from it’s own list of 400 of the best large companies and 200 of the top small companies. They also considered median incomes, cost of living, and job-growth forecasts. Here is the list of the top ten:

1.) Houston

2.) Minneapolis

3.) Boston

4.) Washington D.C.

5.) New York City

6.) Pittsburgh

7.) San Francisco

8.) Dallas

9.) Milwaukee

10.) Philadelphia

Learn more about the best cities to earn a living.

America's Top Ten Hard Drinking Cities

kmhhansen — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:46:12 +0000

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 they included people having one drink in 30 days. Even five or more in a 30 day period seems kind of moderate to me assuming they are not all chugged on the same night. Maybe it was that that half of Austin enjoyed a beer or glass of wine in the past month? Or maybe that a fifth of Austinians (is that what they are called?) has gotten drunk at one time or another. The Forbes reporters working on this one, did a little too much primary research. Anyway, here are the results…

1.) Austin

2.) Milwaukee

3.) San Francisco

4.) Providence

5.) Chicago

6.) Seattle

7.) Cleveland

8.) St. Louis

9.) Boston

10.) Cincinnati

Ten Most Expensive U.S. Cities to Live In

kmhhansen — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:12:52 +0000

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.) Anchorage, AK

5.) San Diego

6.) Philadelphia

7.) Los Angeles

8.) Fairbanks, AK

9.) Ann Arbor

10.) Seattle

Read more about the ten most expensive cities.

Top Ten Summer Olympic Fan Cities

kmhhansen — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:19:26 +0000

Scarborough Sports Marketing has released it list of the Top Cities for Olympics fans. I guess we know who will be sitting on the couch and staying up all hours of the night starting on August 8th! Here is the top ten cities.

Scarboough Local Market Ranking: Top Cities for Summer Olympics Fans
                                 (Adults 18+)

DMA(R)
1.) Denver, CO
2.) Spokane, WA
3.) Salt Lake City, UT
4.) Honolulu, HI
5.) Seattle/Tacoma, WA
6.) Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
7.) Portland, OR
8.) Rochester, NY
9.) Des Moines/Ames, IA
10.)Boston, MA

See the full list of top cities for the Summer Olympics.