Where is the "Best Place to Move?" I guess it depends on your perspective. Nevertheless, Worldwide ERC®, the association for workforce mobility, and Primacy Relocation® announced that Fort Worth - Arlington, Texas; Knoxville, Tennessee; and Provo-Orem, Utah, are 2007's Best Cities for Relocating Families(TM) among large, medium and small U.S. metropolitan areas.
Large Metro Areas
Pop. 1,250,000+
1. Fort Worth-Arlington TX
2. Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro TN
3. Kansas City MO-KS
4. Indianapolis-Carmel IN
5. Austin-Round Rock TX
6. Pittsburgh PA
7. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington MN-WI
8. Cambridge-Newton-Framingham MA
9. St. Louis MO-IL
10. Cincinnati-Middletown OH-KY-IN
11. Columbus OH
12. San Antonio TX
13. Dallas-Plano-Irving TX
14. Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn MI
15. Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News NA-NC
16. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta GA
17. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale AZ
18. Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown TX
19. Memphis TN-MS-AR
20. Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord NC-SC
21. Denver-Aurora CO
22. Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor OH
23. Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills MI
24. Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton OR-WA
25. New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner LA
26. Las Vegas-Paradise NV
27. San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City CA
28. Boston-Quincy MA
29. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara CA
30. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater FL
31. Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA
32. Edison NJ
33. Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine CA
34. Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis WI
35. Nassau-Suffolk NY
36. Orlando-Kissimmee FL
37. San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos CA
38. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC-VA-MD-WV
39. Oakland-Fremont-Hayward CA
40. Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville CA
41. Baltimore-Towson MD
42. Newark-Union NJ-PA
43. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario CA
44. Providence-New Bedford-Fall River RI-MA
45. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale CA
46. Philadelphia PA
47. Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield FL
48. Chicago-Naperville-Joliet IL
49. New York-White Plains-Wayne NY-NJ
50. Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall FL
Mid-Sized Metro Areas
Pop. 575,000 - 1,250,000
1. Knoxville TN
2. Wichita KS
3. Raleigh-Cary NC
4. Salt Lake City UT
5. Oklahoma City OK
6. Richmond VA
7. El Paso TX
8. Little Rock-North Little Rock AR
9. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX
10. Tulsa OK
11. Greensboro-High Point NC
12. Columbia SC
13. Omaha-Council Bluffs NE-IA
14. Tucson AZ
15. Birmingham-Hoover AL
16. Syracuse NY
17. Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY
18. Rochester NY
19. New Haven-Milford CT
20. Albuquerque NM
21. Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick MD
22. Greenville SC
23. Tacoma WA
24. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura CA
25. Camden NJ
26. Akron OH
27. Youngstown-Warren-Boardman OH-PA
28. Louisville-Jefferson County KY-IN
29. Essex County MA
30. Dayton OH
31. Lake County-Kenosha County IL-WI
32. Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice FL
33. Springfield MA
34. Baton Rouge LA
35. Wilmington DE-MD-NJ
36. Grand Rapids-Wyoming MI
37. Harford-West Hartford-East Hartford CT
38. Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY
39. Jacksonville FL
40. Worcester MA
41. Gary IN
42. Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk CT
43. Toledo OH
44. Honolulu HI
45. Bakersfield CA
46. Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA-NJ
47. Fresno CA
48. West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach FL
49. Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown NY
50. Stockton CA
Small Metro Areas
Pop. 350,000 - 575,000
1. Provo-Orem UT
2. Ogden-Clearfield UT
3. Durham NC
4. Colorado Springs CO
5. Corpus Christi TX
6. Madison WI
7. Shreveport-Bossier City LA
8. Des Moines-West Des Moines IA
9. Spokane WA
10. Rockingham County-Strafford County NH
11. Springfield MO
12. Winston-Salem NC
13. Augusta-Richmond County GA-SC
14. Boise City-Nampa ID
15. Mobile AL
16. Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers AR-MO
17. Beaumont-Port Arthur TX
18. Fort Wayne IN
19. Jackson MS
20. Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL
21. Trenton-Ewing NJ
22. Vallejo-Fairfield CA
23. Asheville NC
24. Cape Coral-Fort Myers FL
25. Santa Barbara-Santa Maria CA
26. Charleston-North Charleston SC
27. Manchester-Nashua NH
28. Lexington-Fayette KY
29. Brownsville-Harlingen TX
30. Santa Rosa-Petaluma CA
31. Harrisburg-Carlisle PA
32. Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach FL
33. Peoria IL
34. Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent FL
35. Chattanooga TN-GA
36. Lansing-East Lansing MI
37. Portland-South Portland-Biddeford ME
38. Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville FL
39. Reno-Sparks NV
40. Lakeland FL
41. Salinas CA
42. Salem OR
43. Canton-Massillon OH
44. Flint MI
45. Visalia-Porterville CA
46. Lancaster PA
47. Modesto CA
48. Scranton-Wilkes-Barre PA
49. Reading PA
50. York-Hanover PA
well, relocating is something you need to do very carefully. one mistake and everthing goes splash
Posted by: King Vanlines Moving and Relocation | February 12, 2008 at 10:28 PM
I totally agree,when you decide to relocate you need to be assure that place you choose to move is fit for you.
-Ella
Posted by: loft louisville | February 11, 2009 at 07:36 PM