Detroit's cost of living is the lowest
of all cities on the list, but even that doesn't help matters.
Baltimore's startup density is among the lowest
of all cities on the list, and its rate of new entrepreneurs isn't much better.
Rochester's median household income is the eighth - highest
of the cities on our list, while its 3.2 percent unemployment also ranks among the best.
Its unemployment rate is lower than the majority
of cities on our list, and the median home price also beats most places.
Lancaster offers affordable housing, taking the fifth spot for the cheapest median home prices out
of the cities on our list.
Most
of the cities on the list had a combination strong population growth, job market stability, and expected home - price appreciation in 2016.
Rent is higher than a lot
of cities on our list, as is its unemployment.
While the commute time is slightly longer at just under 30 minutes, residents of Rio Rancho earn the highest average incomes
of any city on our list.
Major employers include businesses from the medical, agricultural, tech and manufacturing sectors, and wages here are the highest
of any city on our list.
We looked at how the two correspond for
each of the cities on our list.
Residents spend 23.7 % of their income on housing, which is higher than many
of the cities on our list.
For instance, this year alone, average prices are up 6 %, the most
of any city on our list.
They say that everything's bigger in Texas, and that certainly applies to
each of the cities on our list in terms of their personality and charm.
In stark contrast to New York and San Francisco, St. Louis has the cheapest cost of living
of any city on this list, at about 10 % below the national average.
All of the cities on our list are well below the average crime rate and several are among the safest in the state.
Residents earn the highest median income
of any city on our list and they're also among the most educated.
Commute times are among the shortest
of any city on our list, clocking in at just over 22 minutes on average.
Fortunately,
each of the cities on our list has an average commute ranging from roughly 13 to 23 minutes.
Russellville's workers enjoy the shortest commute
of any city on our list and some of the top industries include manufacturing and technology.
Each of the cities on our list has its own unique appeal, and every one of them is a great place to live.
Their grit and grime are only a fraction of what you would see if you were to lift the suburban lid on many of the rest
of the cities on the list.
Like many
of the cities on your list, there's already been a lot of growth and you may have trouble finding traditional, 1 % rule property.
In most
of the cities on the list that will have a huge impact.
Houston boasts the highest population
of any city on this list.
It has the largest office market
of any city on this list by far, at about 447 million sq. ft., but demand has been high.
However, the median household income is higher here than in most
of the cities on our list — even Denver ($ 51,800).
Not exact matches
Read
on for our always - expanding
list of the most radiant
cities in the world.
GOBankingRates estimates the cost
of living comfortably in San Francisco at $ 119,570 — outpacing every other
city on the
list by $ 30,000 a year or more.
Other
cities on this
list have only recently been washed in colors, thanks to social art projects and surprising film promotions (you have the Smurfs 3D movie to thank for the striking blue
city of Júzcar, Spain).
The most populous
city on our
list, Russia's capital boasts 171
of the year's fastest - growing private companies, including Bonum Capital.
In fact, in Andorra's capital
city of Andorra la Vella, a three - star hotel (# 43, or $ 59) is not only just half the cost
of the average Airbnb (# 79, or $ 108), but you can book yourself into a five - star hotel for less than the average
listing on Airbnb's website too (# 77, or $ 105).
Las Vegas sits in sixth place
on the
list of best
cities for retirement.
Airbnb, for its part, figured out early
on that «really bad» photos
of its
listings in New York
City were keeping guests away, as co-founder Joe Gebbia recalled to Fast Company in 2012: «People were using camera phones and taking Craigslist - quality pictures.
In the niche world
of New York
City coffee shops, it's a recognizable name, consistently featured
on «best
of»
lists.
With fewer than half a million actual residents, Tallinn is the smallest
city on this
list, but it offers entrepreneurs one
of the deepest pools
of technical talent per capita
of any European capital.
The popularity
of the nomad lifestyle has sprouted new platforms like the Nomad
List, which ranks
cities around the world based
on just four criteria: cost, internet, safety and fun.
The ranking contains
cities with populations
of more than 300,000 and does not count deaths in combat zones or
cities with unavailable data, so some dangerous
cities don't appear
on the
list
A few
cities on the lower - half
of the
list shuffled spots from last year, but not Canada's, which retained not only the same rankings from last year but the same scores as well.
Laredo, a small
city located
on the banks
of the Rio Grande, falls 10th
on the
list of best
cities to flip houses.
Detroit ranked fourth
on the
list of toughest
cities to recruit.
Home to one
of the largest livestock markets in the world, Oklahoma
City falls fourth
on the
list of best places to flip houses.
If you Google «home cleaner,» or «babysitter» or «handyman» in a certain
city, you'll either see ads for one (or multiple)
of the aforementioned
on - demand platforms
on the first page
of Google; or you'll find directories (like Yelp)
listed high up in Google, taking you to a more curated and ratings - based search results page where those same
on - demand companies are
listed or have ads running.
Texas claims three
cities on the
list of best places to flip houses, but El Paso ranks highest, sitting in third.
Washington is
on the
list of U.S.
cities that such passes are available for, so what was the problem?
In an analysis
of all the rankings
of the
cities — published by Sperling's Best Places before Amazon's short
list announcement — Atlanta also came out
on top, based
on its consistently good placement in these rankings.
Leafly, a Yelp - like website for the legal cannabis industry, has a
list of California
cities in which legal recreational marijuana will soon be going
on sale, though the site notes that not all dispensaries are likely to be fully licensed by Jan. 1.
Among the best
cities for starting a small business, Los Angeles has the highest cost
of living
on this
list but ties with Miami for the highest rate
of new entrepreneurs.
Kansas
City's cost
of living is the lowest
on the best
of list.
Like the other Italian
cities on this
list, Florence has been crushed by the sovereign debt crisis and the political turmoil
of the Berlusconi government.
The Steel
City's rate
of new entrepreneurs and startup density are the second - lowest
on the
list.