Raleigh, North Carolina Hits Fast Company’s List of Top 30 Fast Cities
July 22nd, 2007 Categories: Why Move to Raleigh?
There are lots of people relocating to Raleigh, North Carolina and one thing that helps focus attention on us is the large number of national publications that put Raleigh on (usually very near the top) various lists of best places to live, work, run a business, etc.
Well, it’s happened again. This time Fast Company magazine has placed Raleigh on their list of Top 30 Fast Cities and we are ranked as the number 3 R&D cluster in the world! Not too bad, huh?
The profile they created for Raleigh states that we have the highest percentage of college graduates anywhere in the US between the ages of 25 and 34. With institutes of higher learning such as Duke University, University of North Carolina, and North Carolina State all located within 30 miles of each other, this statistic should not come as a major surprise.
The profile mentions Red Hat and SAS Institute as two local top Fast Companies. I’m surprised that Cisco, IBM, Sony Ericsson, or one of the biotech companies didn’t make the list of local Fast Companies. Maybe they had to pick just the top two?
The profile went on to mention that we have been doing high-tech right for quite a while. They cited our long range planning (Research Triangle Park), a great business climate, high quality of life and steady stream of the brightest and the best coming from our three major universities as reasons for Raleigh’s success.
It’s articles like this that bring a great many people here looking for homes in Raleigh and surrounding areas such as Cary, Morrisville, Apex and Wake Forest. If you’re looking to relocate to Raleigh to be in a climate of fast business growth and high quality of life, give me a call at 919-602-7000, or send me an email and I’ll be glad to help you put together a plan to make it happen.
