85 Things That Make Austin Awesome

Austin has to live as a great city to visit for a number of reasons and has been recognized on his way to numerous “best of” lists. When I refer to Austin, I’m on the big Austin, TX metro area, which covers includes a number of suburbs. Some of them are about Texas, but that also counts. Here are some highlights for 2009:

1st Austin is the third The strongest metro economy in the country. (Brookings Institution, 6/16/2009)

2nd Austin City “Best of the recession recovery. Austin’s diversified economy, home to Dell, the University of Texas and the Texas state government kept the economy strong. (Forbes, 10/06/2009)

3rd Texas # 1 for Business. Texas caught the No. 1 spot due to its ability to attract Fortune 500 companies, its solid economy, low cost of living and its pro-business tax climate. (Management, 06/01/2009)

4th Austin ranks # 7 in Best Cities for Finding Opportunity (June 2009)

5th Austin-No. 7 Tech Center. Texas’ capital city is home to over 2660 technology companies. (Bizjournals.com, 11/05/2009)

6th Austin as one of the top 20 places Chosen to thrive. BestBoomerTowns.com chose Austin, Texas, one of its top rankings in the U.S. thrive in retirement. (BestBoomerTowns.com, 07/05/2009)

7th Texas Rank 4th Top seven tax-free havens. No income tax, low business are exempt gross receipts tax (sole proprietors and partnerships).

8th Best Places to Live and Launch: Austin suburb of Georgetown @ # 2 (CNNMoney.com, 09.05)

9th Austin City Best Bargain in the U.S. Austin earned top marks in all areas. “You have the triple whammy of being a university city, a state capital and a technology center” (Forbes, 09.05)

10th Austin is # 1 on Relocation.com ’s list of top cities for a new beginning. (May 2009)

11th Austin is a city of the future. fDi Magazine ’s North American Cities of the Future 2009/10, No. 5 rows Austin. Seven categories were used to select the winners: economic potential, human resources, cost efficiency, to determine quality of life, infrastructure, business friendliness and advertising strategy. (FDI Magazine, April / May ‘09)

12th Texas is tops in the production of wind energy. Texas leads in wind power and the largest wind farms installed (six of the nation’s top 10). Other new wind power in Texas was in the course of the year than in any country except China and the U.S., Texas, if a country it would rank sixth in the world behind Germany, the rest of the United States, Spain, China and India. (American Wind Energy Association, 04/13/2009)

13th Austin named # 1 Big City for Jobs. Of the 10 cities with the best employment prospects, is the leader of Austin. Austin was also the six named the best city for jobs in the overall standings. (Forbes, 04/12/2009; new geography, 15/04/2009)

14th UT’s McCombs ranks 18 among the nation’s Best Business Schools. According to U.S. News & World Report, 82.4% were graduates of the McCombs ‘2008 full-time employed as a graduation. (U. S. News & World Report, 12/04/2009)

15th Texas 13th State of the happiest. (Mainstreet.com, 06/04/2009)

16th Texas is the nation’s second Largest Cyber State. Texas remains the second largest state in front of cyber tech employment, behind California and New York. (Tech America, 31.03.2009)

17th Forbes.com Ranks 8th Best Place for Business and Careers (Forbes.com, 3/27/2009 Austin)

18th Texas voted best for business by Chief Executive. Texas was at number one on the list of the magazine, done based on surveys of 543 CEOs, for the fourth year in sequence. (Chief Executive, 25/03/2009)

19th Austin and Raleigh are the fastest-growing metro areas. Raleigh-Cary, NC, and Austin-Round Rock, Texas, were the nation’s fastest-growing metropolitan areas between 2007 and 2008. The Austin Metro saw its population rise by 3.8% between July 2007 and July 2008 to 1.7 million. The Austin metro area was the location of the sixth fastest growing county (with over 10,000 inhabitants), Williamson, and in the 10th Rank Hays County. (U. S. Bureau of the Census, 3/19/2009)

20th Austin-Bergstrom International among the top performing airports. Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA) in third place in North America (where the top 2 Canadian airports). In ABIA ranked third for his size (5-15 million passengers) between airports around the globe. (Airports Council International, 10/03/2009)

21st Austin named # 2 healthiest Housing Market for the year 2009. While other markets, lost jobs, 17,400 jobs added in Austin last year 2.3% growth. It helps that Austin home to both a large university, the University of Texas, and the state capital. (Builderonline.com, 17/02/2009)

22nd Austin named one of America’s Top 30 Most Wired Cities. Since 2007, Forbes cities’ wired ratio by calculating the proportion of Internet users with high-speed connections and the number of companies that offer high-speed Internet measured. As many city residents access the Internet from Wi-Fi, we also measure the number of public wireless Internet hotspots in a particular city. (Forbes.com, 01/22/2009)

23rd Austin named one of the coolest 15 North American cities. Famous for Tex-Mex food and its eclectic music scene, Austin is also the bustling capital of the Lone Star State. Many visitors find their relaxed atmosphere very appealing. (MSN Travel, 22/1/2009)

24th Austin named one America’s 25 Strongest Housing Markets. “Texas has the best large state industry in the country right now,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Economy.com. (Forbes, 07/01/2009)

25th Texas ranks to form a new list of best states a company fourth. (U. S. News & World Report, 1/6/2009)

More about Austin cool stuff that goes back a bit further:

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26th Forbes has named Austin the No. 3 city on a list of “recession-proof” cities because of its strong property market, low unemployment and growth in the agriculture, energy and production. (May 2008)

27th Austin is one of the Top 10 Best Places to Live in the U.S. by Msnbc.com listed, due to its strong economy and natural beauty. (June 2008)

28th Forbes used data supplied by Global Insight and Moodyseconomy.com Austin # 1 among the country’s most economically healthy large metro rank. (Jan 2008)

29th Austin ranks first Fastest Growing Metro in place in 2008 by Business News and Financial News (Forbes.com, March 2008)

30th Austin is one of the best cities to buy a house in which (Forbes, July 2008)

31st Austin is at the top of the best bang for the buck list (Forbes, 2008)

32nd Cedar Park is number 11 among the top 20 ranked Fastest Growing U.S. Suburbs (Forbes, July 2007)

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33rd Austin ranks 3rd in the Best Cities for Jobs in 2008 by Business News and Financial News (Forbes.com, January 2008)

34th Salary.com survey rank Austin # 13 of 69 cities as a place to build wealth. (June 2008)

35th Texas Ranks # 1 in the Country for Economic Development (Business Facilities Magazine, December 2007)

36th The Austin-Round Rock MSA rank the best place for business in the U.S. (MoodysEconomy.com, August 2007)

37th Austin is # 6 in the list of top ten cities for job relocation (Human Relocation, 2007)

38th Austin ranks 1st among U.S. cities in the 4th Annual Meeting of Mayors Challenge of the best cities for future business (Expansion Mgmt Magazine, 2007)

The 39th Austin is one of the hottest entrepreneurial regions in the country, according to Inc. Magazine’s annual Inc. 500 ranking. (September 2007)

40th Fast Company Magazine lists Austin as “Startup Hub” with a creative, young population and a high number of Wi-Fi spots per capita. (July 2007)

41st Austin is one of the four largest U.S. cities to earn a livelihood in which order, according to Forbes Magazine. (9-03-09)

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42nd Austin ranks 6th in a study by Silicon Valley naming the nation’s Top TechHubs. (September 2005)

43rd Austin ranks 3rd in the list of America’s Most Innovative Cities (Wall Street Journal)

44th Austin is the digital savvy city in the nation (Media Daily News, May 2008)

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45th Family Circle named Cedar Park as one of the Top 10 Cities for America’s Families (August 2007)

46th Austin ranks as the second Best Place to Live in America for Hispanics – in the seventh year, Austin’s on the list (Hispanic Magazine, August 2008)

47th Georgetown is ranked, a suburb in the north, first Among the Best Places to Retire (U.S. News World Report, October 2007)

48th Round Rock, also a northern suburb, was one of the 100 Best Communities for young people in the nation (America’s Promise, January 2007) is selected

49 Worldwide ERC and Primacy Relocation Austin was the # 5 ranking as the best city for relocating families (June 2007)

area 50th Austin is among the top 10 greenest cities in the U.S. (Popular Science, Feb 2008) listed

51st Austin is one of the four largest cities as a retirement-friendly community Watch (AARP The Magazine, July 2007)

52nd MSN.com gives Austin top billing among America’s greenest cities, relying on the city green energy and climate protection program plan. (June 2007)

54th Natural Home magazine ranks Austin # 2 among the Top Ten Eco-Friendly America’s communities.

55th Austin named # 1 of the top 27 cities to live more environmentally friendly in the U.S. Private Communities. (2007)

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56th Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is set to the best spots for airport food around the U.S. on Conde Nast’s Portfolio.com. (2007)

57th Austin-Bergstrom International Airport was the best Domestic Airport 2006, instead of the Airports Council International Airport Service Quality Awards in Dubai.

education 58th U.S. News ranks the University of Texas at Austin # 18 on America's Best Graduate Schools 2008 (100).

59th Newsweek praises the University of Texas as the “Hottest for Saving America’s Schools,” for excellence in education reform, (August 2007).

60th Austin is one of the best-educated cities in the U.S., 45.1% of the population fifth has a college degree or higher. (The U.S. Census Bureau)

61st Austin is considered the third Smartest city in the country (Bizjournals.com, June 2006)

62nd Austin ranks in the Top 5 “Smart Places to Live” (Kiplinger’s Personal Finance and the Austin Business Journal, June 2006)

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63rd Forbes.com Cites Austin’s night life, culture and low cost of living as the main reasons why it appears on Forbes’ list of the best places for singles.

64th Forbes.com ranks Austin as the 5th best city in America for a couple. (February 2008)

65th Best Cities for Dating – Austin, TX took home the top prize at Sperling’s Best Citities for Dating 2007th

Tourism 66th Travel & Leisure readers were asked to determine America's Favorite City. Boston took the top honors overall, but Austin ranks high in many categories, including attractive people, athleticism, intelligence, kindness, and of course live music. (September 2008)

67th New York Times calls the Texas Hill Country and Austin among its top 31 places for a summer vacation visit. (June 2008)

68th Esquire Magazine listed Austin’s Deep Eddy Cabaret 2nd Best Bar in the country. Five other Austin bars made the list. (May 2008)

69th Austin is listed as the No. 1 Memorial Day Getaway from ShermansTravel.com. (April 2008)

70th Trip Advisor’s Travelers’ Choice lists Austin among his preferred destinations in the United States. (April 2008)

71st Orbitz.com lists Austin as one of the Top Six Movie country Landmark Destinations. (March 2008)

72nd Austin is the # 1 live in America and make movies, because of its infrastructure and industry, “film-friendly” attitude. (Movie Maker Magazine, January 2008)

73rd Austin and the Texas Hill Country # 2 on Orbitz.com ’s list of top ten fastest growing wine regions. (September 2007)

74th National Geographic Adventure names Austin as Texas’ # 1 Adventure City in its list of “50 Best Places to Live and Play.” (September 2007)

75th Black Meetings & Tourism lists Austin as Premier “cost conscious” destination. (June / July 2007)

76th Sherman’s Travel lists Austin at # 5 in its Top Ten Easy Spring Getaways. (May 2007)

lifestyles and SPORT 77th Austin is # 6 on Next Generation Consulting best cities for Next Gen workers (2009)

78th Austin is one of the top 10 cities to live, work and play because of its strong economy, growing population and natural beauty. (Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, 2008)

79th Austin ranks in the 10 Best Places to Live and Boat (Boating Life Magazine, July / August 2007)

80th Men’s Journal names Austin as one of the top five urban to “embrace life.” (April 2007)

81st Austin ranks # 2 on Prevention magazine’s list of top ten cities for a walk. (March 2007)

82nd Austin is # 17 in the Top 20 Cooking Light healthiest cities in America in space. (January / February 2007)

83rd Austin’s perfect weather and great courses helped the city to be named # 1 Golf City in America to be on the CNN-golf.com. (November 2007)

84th Pollstar names Austin City Limits Music Festival “Festival of the Year” during it’s annual Concert Industry Awards. (February 2006)

85th Forbes names Austin to live as least stressful city in its list of 40 metro areas. (August 2009)

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