10 Cities Where Americans are Relocating, No. 2 Austin, TX (Forbes)
Apr. 02. 2009
An interesting article you might like to read from Forbes, Real Estate.
Ten Cities Where Americans Are Relocating
Lauren Sherman, 03.30.09, 04:00 PM EDT
U.S. migration may be down overall, but these vibrant metro areas are still attracting newcomers.
In Depth: 10 Cities Where Americans Are Relocating
Unemployment is on the rise, credit is tight, and consumers aren’t spending–which means they aren’t picking up and moving much either. Very few places in America saw significant population growth in 2008.
But the buzzing metropolitan area of Denver bucked that trend. Its population increased by 2.17% in 2008. In 2007, it increased by 2.09%. In 2008, Denver was the 10th-fastest growing metro area in the U.S.
Nine places fared even better than Denver, though they share similar qualities: more business opportunities, better weather and more affordable housing. The top three areas according to the data are Raleigh, N.C., ranking first, which jumped 4.29% to nearly 1.9 million; Austin, Texas, which came in second, with a 3.77% increase to almost 1.7 million; and Charlotte, N.C., which moved up 3.36% to 1.7 million.
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Reading more into the article we find that cities like ours (Austin, Tx) is doing so well because rather it being focused on one particular industry (for example Vegas-hospitality and New York-finance) Austin is known for it’s diversity of businesses and headquartered companies.
Companies Headquartered in Austin include:
Dell
University of Texas
Whole Foods Market
3M
National Instruments
Freescale Semiconductor
Cirrus Logic
EZ Corp
to name a few…