According to a Yahoo! news report published last week, Charlotte NC, Rock Hill SC’s larger neighbor, was named as the 19th best place for business and careers.
As published in the Yahoo! Real Estate news report:
“[Yahoo’s] rankings looked at the 200 largest metropolitan areas in the U.S., which range from the New York metro and its 11.7 million people to Olympia, Wash., with a population of 241,000. We examined each on 11 different criteria. Economic research firm Moody’s Economy.com supplied data on job growth over the past five years and projections through 2011. Economy.com also provided business and living cost data as well as income growth and migration trends.
We also turned to Bert T. Sperling, city researcher and co-author of Cities Ranked & Rated for some labor supply and quality of life information. Sperling furnished data on college attainment, crime rates, local colleges and cultural and recreational opportunities in the area.”
So even though our area has been hit with numerous after-effects of our flagging economy, it still looks as though Rock Hill SC, Fort Mill SC, and all the surrounding areas are positioned quite nicely. And once things start turning around, we’ll be that much better off!
