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One of the trends that is happening in our country is young people (20s and early 30s) are moving into cities for various reasons such as job opportunities, better culture, nightlife, more to do, more excitement, etc. When I was living in DC, there was a strong young professional presence. Most people say cities like NYC and Chicago are the best for young working professionals.
What cities do you think are the best for young working professionals? How do cities like Denver, San Diego, Austin, Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, etc. compare to world-class US cities for young working professionals such as NYC, Chicago, and San Francisco?
Indianapolis was ranked as the 4th best city in America for young professionals.
the top 1-6 aside from Indy were all California cities.
The list is based on which cities have the Happiest young professionals. 20 Happiest Cities for Young Professionals | InvestorPlace
Indianapolis has a cost of living thats 30-50% lower than California. Taxes are 50% lower too. Indiana and the city of Indianapolis have balanced budgets too so taxes arent going up.
Indy also has the nations most affordable Real Estate Market and the lowest cost of living of any Major US city.
Finally Indy offers many great amendities for a metro of 2M people. Its the fastest growing city/metro in the midwest and its only a 4 hour drive or less from Chicago/Fort Wayne/Cincy/Dayton and Columbus Ohio/St Louis/Detroit/Evansville.
San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Boston, Austin, Chicago, New York, DC are all good.
Anywhere in the South except for Austin is not as favorable.
Dallas, Houston, and Atlanta are doable but are more conservative/less hipster and therefore less favorable to the younger generation, but all three still have a thriving arts scene and LGBT scene and plenty of bars/clubs to get wasted in. Plus they are plenty large enough where meeting other single people won't be a problem. It's just not going to be on the level of San Francisco, Seattle, New York, etc.
San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Boston, Austin, Chicago, New York, DC are all good.
Anywhere in the South except for Austin is not as favorable.
Dallas, Houston, and Atlanta are doable but are more conservative/less hipster and therefore less favorable to the younger generation, but all three still have a thriving arts scene and LGBT scene and plenty of bars/clubs to get wasted in. Plus they are plenty large enough where meeting other single people won't be a problem. It's just not going to be on the level of San Francisco, Seattle, New York, etc.
I am not sure about Dallas or Houston but Atlanta has tons of hipsters (East Atlanta/Candler Park/L5P) and yuppies (Midtown/Buckhead/Va Highlands/Poncey Highlands), and a huge LGBT population, 3rd highest percent in the country behind Seattle/SF. I would estimate more so on these things than Austin considering the metro is around 6 million. Atlanta is definitely a "hip" city among many young demographics. As is South Florida in general. I can't see how Austin could possibly be attracting more people than those two areas. Austin and Portland are not in league with those metros.
Atlanta usually gets bashed for not being urban enough and sprawly, or for being closely situated in not so fantastic areas of the deep south. Not really for lack of amenities/shopping or anything like that as it has it. For a young working professional, lots of HQ's there and F500 companies, it's also a very educated city.
I know several people in Dallas who seem to like it for it's upscaleness in parts also and say it is similar amenity wise to Atlanta.
I'd easily put them both above Austin for a young working professional.
I am not sure about Dallas or Houston but Atlanta has tons of hipsters (East Atlanta/Candler Park/L5P) and yuppies (Midtown/Buckhead/Va Highlands/Poncey Highlands), and a huge LGBT population. I would estimate more so on these things than Austin considering the metro is around 6 million. Atlanta is definitely a "hip" city among many young demographics. As is South Florida in general. I can't see how Austin could possibly be attracting more people than those two areas. Austin and Portland are not in league with those metros.
Atlanta doesn't have the "cool" factor Austin and Portland have. I will agree with you it is the better city. I would live in Atlanta any day over Austin, Portland, or Seattle. But to explain the "cool" factor I am talking about...this video somewhat gets the point across.
haha... yeah it isn't cool in the hippie/scenester/counterculture/granola/hipster sense... but I am thinking just young people coming out of college in general. In that sense Portland and Austin might be more competitive in that demographic.
Not all young people are wannabe hipsters and clowns. lol.
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