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Best Places To Get Ahead - Forbes.com (http://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/realestate/2008/02/22/income-job-growth-forbeslife-cx_mw_0225realestate.html - broken link)
Looks like they just looked at the highest income levels and job growth, but not at cost of living. I would rather make under their cut-off income of $75K a year, but be able to have a house that is affordable and taxes that don't drain every red cent. If you are working to pay high housing and taxes, is that REALLY getting ahead better than someone who makes less but is able to build assets at a faster pace due to lower overall costs?
Just another useless list, that doesn't really mean anything overall. Just like the nicest places to live, the safest places to live, the richest places to live, and on, and on, and on.
We looked at every county in the U.S., starting with data from the year 2000, and ranked where median income was rising the most quickly. We limited our list to counties where the median income was at least $75,000 in order to highlight places where people are well-off and getting ahead, as opposed to counties that went from low income to average income.
Then, to further highlight places where paychecks are earned--as opposed to places that are bedroom communities or retreats for the rich--we took into account job growth data going back to 2000. That allowed us to measure where jobs, and local economies, have boomed.
What makes them think that growth in the past 8 years is any indicator of growth in the next 8?
Yay! just shows this is the place in the us to live
haha only kidding
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