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Wake County AccoladesIn 2008, Forbes along with Kiplinger, Money Magazine, Fortune Small Business Magazine and Relocate-America, merged their rankings and put the Raleigh area #1 Best Place To Live In The Nation! The consistent top placement of the Cary, Raleigh and Chapel Hill areas is truly rare and reinforces the quality of work, play, and lifestyles that are available!Also in 2008 Raleigh posted #2 as Best City to Live, Work and Play. The area continued to reinforce this status when the rankings came out for Recession Proof Cities In The United States and rated #5! And, while job growth nationally remains sluggish, the Raleigh area had the highest job growth (3.9%) of any metro market in the U.S. with a work force of 200,000 or more. The area is expected to see 7.4% growth in professional and business related services and 6% growth in education and health. However, that comes as no surprise to folks who have lived here for a while. The Cary, Raleigh and Chapel Hill area started receiving national attention as long ago as 1993. Rated at that time as the #1 Best Place for Business by Fortune, it put this area on the map and radar screen of several businesses. Through the 1990's, Cary, Raleigh and Chapel Hill continued to shine in the spotlight ranking #1 for Best Place to Live, #1 for Hot Spot to Relocate a Business and #1 for Most Consistently Strong Economy Over a 25 Year Period - 4 years in a row! A strong technical environment boosts the ratings starting in 2000 with #1 of the Top 10 States for New and Expanding Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology Companies. The area continued to rank #1 for Hot Spot for Business Locations and Business Climate. It also continued to maintain it's status as #1 Best Place to Live and Work. By the mid-2000's, the Cary, Raleigh and Chapel Hill area climbed the ranks for Healthiest Place to Live, Best Cities for Education, Best Values in Public Colleges, and ultimately took the big prize for #1 Boom Town in America! In 2007, Cary was rated #5 in the nation as Towns Where People Want to Live. Raleigh and Cary vaulted to the #1 position for Hottest Metropolitan Area For Jobs In The United States. Hannah Clark states in the Forbes report " The area has low unemployment, strong income and job growth, and high incomes....yet still maintains a relatively low cost of living." The U.S. Census Bureau shows that Cary is the nation's 5th Fastest Growing Large City - up from 22nd in 2005. According to the census, Cary grew by 7.3% between mid-2006 and mid-2007. The town now has nearly 122,000 residents. The entire area continues to grow with families and businesses attracted by the lifestyle, economic environment, availability of housing, education and community culture. Site Map info@MyLuxuryHomeNC.com 1-800-326-3562 Beth Toll Free 919-610-7370 David Cell 919-610-7371 Beth Cell |