 Buying a Duplex, Fourplex, Rental House or Condo? As long as you're in the Austin area, you can guarantee stable appreciation, strongs rents and high resale value. But how can this be in the middle of a mortgage crisis?
We have 5 major educational institutions, UT Austin being the largest public college in the nation. Direct education jobs and numerous support jobs make up a large part of our economy - and the 50,000 students too! We are the seat of government with nearly 20% of the population state-employed directly or indirectly We are the technology leaders for the entire Southwest with brick and mortar businesses here, not just vaporware. Samsung, Dell, Apple, HP, Western Digital, Time Warner, IBM to name just a few. We are the entertainment epicenter for much of the region with the world's largest music festival South by Southwest, as well as the Austin City Limits festival - all driving millions of dollars annually into the economy. Jobs in entertainment and the City Council promotion of this sector have poised Austin to be the destination everyone would like to move to, young or old! We enjoy a low cost healthy quality of life and all share a green attitude towards the environment. We are a "fit" city, thousands of joggers partake daily in hundreds of miles of trails. Austin hosts several marathons and other runs throughout the year, not to mention all of the races and activities on the lake. We welcome YOU! Austinites are just plain FRIENDLY! It's contagious and we don't want a cure! Walk down the street and you'll actually have people smile at you and look you in the eye, you might even hear a "Howdy" or two! Come on over and enjoy the city and all it has to offer everyone from babies to baby boomers! Below are just a few of the ratings Austin has been given over the years from various magazines and polls. |
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CNN.Money.com
1. Colorado Springs, CO
2. Austin, TX
3. Mesa, AZ
50 SMART PLACES TO LIVE
Kiplinger.com
1. Nashville, TN
2. Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
3. Albuquerque, NM
4. Atlanta, GA
5. Austin, TX
6. Kansas City
TOP 50 SMARTEST CITIES
Austin Business Journal
1. Seattle, WA
2. San Francisco, CA
3. Austin, TX
4. Colorado Springs, CO
TOP 10 CITIES FOR WALKING
Prevention Magazine
1. Portland, OR
2. Colorado Springs, CO
3. Madison, WI
4. Boise City, ID
5. Las Vegas, NV
6. Austin, TX
7. Virginia Beach, VA
TOP 10 CITIES FOR
MOVIEMAKERS
MovieMaker Magazine
1. New York, NY
2. Austin, TX
3. Philadelphia, PA
THE 50 CLEANEST CITIES
IN AMERICA
Readers Digest
1. Portland, OR
2. San Jose, CA
3. Buffalo, NY
4. Columbus, OH
5. San Francisco, CA
6. Denver, CO
7. Rochester, NY
8. Austin, TX
9. Orlando, FL
TOP HEALTHIEST CITIES
IN AMERICA
Sperling’s
1. San Jose, CA
2. Washington, DC
3. San Fancisco, CA
4. Seattle-Bellevue, WA
5. Salt Lake City, UT
6. Oakland, CA
7. Sacramento, CA
8. Orange County, CA
9. Denver, CO
10. Austin, TX
TOP 10 WIRELESS CITIES
LiveScience.com
1. Seattle-Bellvue-Everett-
Tacoma, WA
2. San Francisco-San Jose-
Oakland, CA
3. Austin, TX
4. Portland, OR-Vancover,WA
TOP 10 METROS FOR FUTURE
BUSINESS LOCATIONS
Expansion Magazine 1. Austin-Round Rock, TX
2. Minneapolis-St.Paul-
TOP 10 HOT CITIES
FOR ENTREPRENEURS
Entrepreneur.com
1. Phoevix-Mesa, AZ
2. Charlotte-Gastonia-
Rock Hill, NC-SC
3. Raleigh-Durham-
Chapel Hill, NC
4. Las Vegas, NV-AZ
5. Indianapolis, IN
6. Washinton-Baltimore-
DC-MD-VA-WV
7. Atlanta, GA
8. Nashville, TN
9. Austin-San Marcos, TX
10. Memphis, TN-AR-MS |  “Standard & Poor’s has developed a housing volatility index (HVI) that attempts to identify which of the 331 U.S. metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) are most vulnerable to housing price losses during an economic downturn. Locales that could expect to suffer the least during an economic downturn include Austin, Texas, which the HVI judged as the market with the lowest probability of market value decline”. CNN Money
“Worldwide ERC (Employee Relocation Council), D.C., and Primacy Relocation LLC, named the Austin area as the No. 1 U.S. metropolitan area for relocating singles…Austin retained its top spot from the 2004 study…The study features the 100 largest U.S. metro areas.” Austin Business Journal
#1 Best Big City Places to Live - MSN House & Home
#1 Top 50 Entrepreneurial Cities - Entrepreneur
#1 Most Entrepreneurial City Visa - USA
#2 Top 10 Cities For Moviemakers - MovieMaker
#2 Top 10 Places Where Ideas Happen - Visa USA
#2 Best Large City for Relocating Families - Worldwide ERC & Primacy Relocation
#3 Best Places For Business / Careers - Forbes
#3 Best Places for Singles - Forbes
#3 Cool Cities - Kiplinger
#3 Top Growth Cities - U-Haul
#3 Great Places to Live Life - 2.0
#4 Fastest Growing Cities - Men's Journal
#4 Smartest Cities - Men's Journal
#5 Most Educated Cities - MSN Encarta
#6 Best Standard of Living - Expansion Management
#8 Austin rated #8 Cleanest City in USA - Reader's Digest
#10 Interesting Neighborhoods - Travel-Leisure, America's Favorite Cities
#30 University of Texas ranked in "Great Schools, Great Prices" - US News and World Report |
