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North Carolina, the Tar Heel State, is arguably the most improved of the top-five states in 2010, moving from No. 9 to No. 4, with a total score of 1381 points.
The state has now made the top ten in each of CNBC's four America's Top States For Business surveys.
North Carolina made the top five in one individual category and the top ten in two others.
The state finished in the top third in one key category—Cost of Doing Business—where it earned 283 points out of a possible 450.
I don't have a problem with that, but @ the same time, I don't think this is an employee friendly state at all! I mean, when you have laws in which an employer can fire an employee for no apparent reason at all, it bothers me. I think employees ought to have the right to unionize if they want to w/o the threat of losing their jobs b/c they wanted to organize a Union. IMHO, something needs to be done in that regard! This is my opinion and noone has to agree with me on this, this is how I feel!
I'm curious if the rankings will generally coincide with the other recent postings of the Best Small Cities to Live as far as the number of states with the highest number of cities ranked in the top 100.
After checking out the Money/CNN poll of the Best Places to Live, where Cary came in at #23 and Chapel Hill at #40, one might come to the conclusion that those transplanted Yankees with the good jobs, from NY,NJ, CT and CA are as happy as "pigs in sheeit", but as far as the rest of NC goes, maybe not so much! It does seem there is an inverse relationship between "good for business" and "good for the employee"!
^sounds about right. I saw that only Cary and Chapel Hill were ranked out of NC. But I think NC is good for business, Charlotte, is starting not to be. And I find that to be quite sad.
I'm curious if the rankings will generally coincide with the other recent postings of the Best Small Cities to Live as far as the number of states with the highest number of cities ranked in the top 100.
Doubtful, since the policy at the state level (tax incentives etc) aimed towards business and then municipal amenities for living are apples and oranges. Indeed, some might say an area that goes too far out on a limb for business is focusing its priorities in that direction versus improving quality of life for citizens. Also, small towns, especially, need not be indicative of the "climate" (I don't mean meterological) of an entire state, since large cities can easily trump the towns in overall rating factors.
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