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[eastsider]

These are the rankings of the Texas cities from various publications and organizations.

Forbes “Best Places For Business” 5-5-2005
3. Austin
13. Houston
19. Dallas
20. Fort Worth
85. San Antonio
112. McAllen
116. Brownsville
124. Beaumont
129. Corpus Christi
133. El Paso

Inc Magazine “Top U.S. Cities For Doing Business”
27. Amarillo, 40. Bryon – College Station
41.Longview – Marshall, 65. San Antonio
67. McAllen – Edinburg – Mission, 70. Laredo, 74. Odessa
82. San Angelo, 83. Tyler, 97. Houston, 108. Waco
112. Abilene, 115. Fort Worth – Arlington, 117. Beaumont – Port Arthur
124. Brazoria, 130. Corpus Christi, 146. Dallas, 152. Austin
160. Galveston – Texas City, 163. Victoria, 165. Texarkana
166. Lubbock, 216. El Paso, 218. Wichita Falls
235. Brownsville – Harlingen, 251. Killeen – Temple
267. Sherman - Denison

Expansion Management “Mayors Challenge – Best Places In The US To Relocate A Company” July 2004
4. Austin-San Marcos
13. Fort Worth-Arlington
21. Dallas
23. Amarillo
24. Lubbock
45. Houston

Expansion Management “America’s 50 Hottest Cities” Dec. 2004
9. Dallas – Fort Worth
11. San Antonio
32. Longview - Marshall
34. Houston
43. Austin – San Marcos

Milken Institute – “Best Performing Cities” 2004
18. McAllen – Edinburg – Mission
24. Brownsville – Harlingen – San Benito
28. Laredo
64. Austin – San Marcos
71. Amarillo
76. Waco
78. San Antonio
85. Odessa – Midland
95. Fort Worth – Arlington
100. Longview – Marshall
104. Houston
107. Lubbock
114. Dallas
118. El Paso
128. Killeen – Temple
136. Corpus Christi
145. Galveston – Texas City
162. Brazoria
180. Beaumont – Port Arthur

Entrepreneur Magazine “Top 50 Entrepreneurial Cities” Jan 4, 2005
1. Austin
4. Houston
6. Dallas
42. San Antonio

Expansion Management “Top 40 Real Estate Markets” July 2004
5. El Paso
13. Dallas – Fort Worth
13. San Antonio
24. Austin
31. Houston

Reliance Relocation Services Inc. “Top 10 Relocation Markets In 2004”
5. Dallas
8. Houston

Popular Science “Top High-Tech Cities” March 2005
10. Houston
27. Dallas – Fort Worth
33. San Antonio
53. Austin
81. El Paso
92. Waco

Intel “Top 100 Most Unwired Cities” June 2005
3. Austin – San Marcos
23. Dallas – Fort Worth – Arlington
28. Houston
41. San Antonio
75. El Paso
100. McAllen – Edinburg – Mission

Forbes “Best Cities for Singles” 2004
3. Austin
12. Dallas – Fort Worth
16. Houston
28. San Antonio

Population Connection “Kid Friendly Cities” 2004
Major Cities:
15. Houston
16. Dallas
Large Cities:
28. Austin
31. Irving
32. Plano
42. Arlington
44. Garland
52. Fort Worth
54. San Antonio
62. Corpus Christi
64. Lubbock
74. El Paso

Hispanic Magazine “ Top 10 Cities For Hispanics To Live In” July/Aug 2004
1. Austin
4. San Antonio
5. El Paso – Las Cruces

Readers Digest “50 Cleanest (and Dirtiest) Cities in America” June 2005
8. Austin
14. San Antonio
30. Dallas
41. Houston

American Podiatric Medical Association “2005 – Best Walking Cities”
29. Austin, 44. Irving, 53. Carrollton
74. Arlington, 81. Plano, 93. Houston
94. Dallas, 100. Garland, 104. Amarillo
114. Corpus Christi, 126. Mesquite, 132. San Antonio
144. Grand Prairie, 151. Lubbock, 155. Pasadena
179. Fort Worth, 194. El Paso
199. Brownsville, 200. Laredo

Priceline.com “Top 50 Destinations for July 4th Weekend” 06-28-2005
22. San Antonio – Riverwalk Area

Verizon Superpages “Top 25 Most Fun Cities in the United States” June 2005
1. Dallas
9. Fort Worth – Arlington
10. San Antonio

Verizon Superpages “Top 25 Most Hospitable Cities in the United States” June 2005
2. Dallas
11. San Antonio
14. Fort Worth – Arlington

Edited by eastsider, 16 July 2005 - 10:34 AM.

[eastsider]

Forbes "Best Cities For Singles" 7-25-2005
http://www.forbes.co...g_0725land.html
11. Austin
17. Houston
20. Dallas - Fort Worth
35. San Antonio

Sub-catagories
Culture
17. Austin, 24. Dallas-Ft Worth, 26. Houston, 34. San Antonio
Nightlife
6. Houston, 11. Dallas-Ft Worth, 16. San Antonio, 37. Austin
Singles
1. Austin, 26. Houston, 27. San Antonio, 33. Dallas-Ft Worth
Job Growth
2. Austin, 8. San Antonio, 13. Dallas-Ft Worth, 16. Houston
Living Cost
5. Houston, 24. Dallas-Ft Worth, 39. San Antonio, 39. Austin
Coolness
1. Austin, 16. Dallas-Ft Worth, 25. Houston, 36. San Antonio

[Spades]

Nice , I looked at these for about a couple minutes lol.

[ZachariahDaMan]

Very interesthing, thanks for posting that.

[Mike D]

Seems like Texas's cities, especially its large cities are consistently making these "Best of..." lists. It's good to see that. I had a good time in Houston and Galveston when I visited there five years ago. And I want to visit Austin. I hear so much about its live-music scene, so I would love to check that out one of these days.

Edited by Mike D, 14 October 2005 - 07:06 AM.

[NCB]

Great Figures, eastsider. Thanks for posting all of them!

Edited by NCB, 13 October 2005 - 09:56 PM.

[eastsider]

Spades, on Aug 16 2005, 11:40 PM, said:

Nice , I looked at these for about a couple minutes lol.

lol, yeah I figured I might as well do something with all this worthless info that I had collected. Here's another one to chew on.

Entrepreneur Magazine "Hot Cities for Entrepreneurs"
http://www.entrepren...8-Large,00.html

Large Cities
9. Austin
17. San Antonio
19. Houston
22. Dallas-Fort Worth

Midsize Cities
1. El Paso
7. McAllen-Edinburg

[NCB]

Austin seems to be at the top of everything!

[eastsider]

The latest edition of "City Crime Rankings" is out, this is where the larger Texas cities stand.

The most dangerous cities over 500,000 in population:
#5. Dallas
#9. Houston

The safest cities over 500,000 in population:
#2. El Paso
#5. Austin
#8. San Antonio
#9. Fort Worth

http://www.dallasnew...s.81bcfda3.html

[eastsider]

Expansion Management "America's 50 Hottest Cities"
http://www.expansion...leid=16977&st=5

4. Dallas - Fort Worth - Arlington (9)
5. San Antonio (11)
18. Austin - Round Rock (43)
19. Houston - Baytown - Sugar Land (34)
30. Longview (32)

*(2005 rankings)

[Architecture in Helsinki]

San Antonio has been at the top of many lists recently.

Good to see.

[FromCityToRural]

Wow, Longview's making the lists...that's less than an hour from here and of about equivalent size to my city (Tyler). Maybe we should have moved there rather than here, maybe property prices are set for a move.

[dallasbrink]

My home town of Amarillo did good on that first list at the top.  Looks like housing the construction plants of the V-22 Osprey and ALL THE COUNTRIES NUCLEAR WEAPONS helped out a bit.