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Just saw this article about a ranking of "2008 Best Cities for Relocating Singles". Greenville actually ranked 21st, of the 100 metro areas in the rankings. Charleston ranked slightly ahead of us in 16th place, but Charlotte, Greensboro, and Columbia all ranked below Greenville.
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WASHINGTON, Oct 30, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Relocation industry group Worldwide ERC(R) and Primacy Relocation today announced at ERC's Global Workforce Symposium that Boston/Quincy, MA; Nassau/Suffolk, NY; New Haven, CT; New York/White Plains/Wayne, NY/NJ; and Edison, NJ are 2008's Best Cities for Relocating Singles among U.S. metropolitan areas.
In this fifth and final annual survey, the two organizations once again partnered with Bert Sperling's BestPlaces to identify the cities with the most to offer relocating singles. Using statistical profiles of the largest 100 U.S. metro areas, the survey focused on the criteria most relevant to singles, with the rankings reflecting the ease of transition during a relocation.
Unlike other "best" surveys, the ERC/Primacy Best Cities for Relocating Singles survey measures the issues impacting a newcomer's experience in the weeks and months immediately following a transfer. This year's survey placed an increased emphasis on those economic factors most affecting singles, including an area's unemployment rate, percentage of recent job growth and availability of affordable rental housing. New data was also incorporated this year, measuring an area's arts and recreation opportunities and the overall population growth.
"Relocating to a city can be both exciting and overwhelming for an individual," said Michelle Vallejo, SCRP, GMS, Primacy's President, The Americas. "This survey identifies those factors that help ease the transition for singles, while helping HR professionals better predict the success rates of their employee transfers."
"It's well known that the success of a relocation is strongly reliant on the transferee's ability to assimilate into the new community and recreate his or her support, social, medical and lifestyle networks," said Cris Collie, CAE, Chief Executive Officer of Worldwide ERC. "Our newest 'Best Cities for Relocating Singles' survey provides substantive information for companies whose ranks of renters, a group largely comprised of singles, have been on the rise."
Statistics Used in Ranking the Best Cities for RelocatingSingles:
Population Criteria:
Local single population aged 25-34
Male-female ratios
Diversity and density
Growth
Economic Criteria:
Cost of living index, rental rates and availability of rentalproperty
Job growth vs. unemployment rates
Higher education costs, including in-state and out-of-state tuitionrequirements
Quality-of-Life Criteria:
Adventure index
Prevalence of restaurants, bars, health clubs, sporting events andconcerts
Percentage of population utilizing online dating and subscribing tomagazines geared towards singles
Annual rainfall, snowfall and high/low temperatures
Property and violent crime rates
Worldwide ERC is the membership association of choice for corporate and government relocation managers, real estate companies, goods movers, and a range of service firms and individuals from industries relocation-related workforce issues. Global workforce mobility trends information are at their site. ( http://www.erc.org/)
Sperling's BestPlaces puts facts about cities and living in the hands of the public, so they can make better decisions about best places to live, work, retire, play, or relocate.
Primacy Relocation is one of the top third-party employee relocation providers in the world, and is the largest to focus all technology and resources solely on relocation and global assignment (expatriate) management. Primacy administers programs for employers throughout the Americas, EMEA and Asia regions. Core services include home sales, destination services, household goods move management, and overall program administration. In addition to its Memphis headquarters, Primacy has offices in Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Omaha, Sacramento and Washington D.C. (Government Services), as well as Amsterdam, Basel, Geneva, Hong Kong, London, Montreal, Munich, Paris, Shanghai, Singapore and Zurich. Primacy is online, in nine languages, at primacy.com.
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