Forbes - Aug 2004
" If your goal is to start a company or buy property that will rise
in value, we recommend university towns, especially those with colleges
rich in science and engineering departments. Sorry, English majors, but
most new American wealth will be created out of gold mines such as nanotechnology,
information technology and life sciences--and, perhaps even more important,
from the application of these cutting-edge technologies to familiar businesses
of all kinds: nanotechnology on manufacturing materials; information technology
on finance, shipping and retail; life sciences on pharmaceuticals and agriculture."
Go to the Forbes IQ
Campuses web page. (NOTE: When the page opens, a welcome screen will
come up. Click "back" on your browser, and the IQ Campuses page
will come up.)
Other city catagories listed on the page linked above (the
college towns are listed below):
Porch-Swing Communities
Appleton, WI (79,000)
Ashland, OR (22,000)
Billings, MT (95,200)
Bismarck, ND (56,000)
Bloomington, IL (67,500)
Bloomington, IN (67,500)
Boise, ID (186,000)
Bowling Green, OH (30,000)
Columbia, MO (85,000)
Corvaillis, OR (52,900)
Des Moines, IA (199,00)
Dubuque, IA (62,000)
Fayetteville, AR (58,000)
Grand Forks, ND (46,000)
Lafayette, IN (61,000)
Lincoln, NE (226,000)
Sioux Falls, SD (133,000)
Spokane, WA (196,000)
St. Cloud, MN (60,300)
Happy Hootervilles
Douglas, GA (10,639)
Durant, OK (13,800)
East Stroudsburg, PA (9,888)
Greencastle, IN (10,500)
Hammond, LA (17,600)
Oxford, MS (11,756)
IQ Campuses
Albany, NY (876,000)
Ames, IA (83,000)
Amherst, MA (35,000)
Ann Arbor, MI (579,000)
Athens, GA (158,000)
Boulder, CO (291,000)
Bozeman, MT (75,000)
Champaign-Urbana, IL (186,000)
Charlottesville, VA (167,000)
Columbus, OH (1.6 million)
Davis, CA (65,000)
Eugene, OR (322,000)
Fargo, ND (178,200)
Hanover, NH (11,000)
Huntsville, AL (358,000)
Iowa City, IA (74,000)
Ithaca, NY (31,000)
Knoxville, TN (712,000)
Lawrence, KS (103,000)
Logan, UT (48,000)
Madison, WI (427,000)
Missoula, MT (103,000)
Steroid Cities
Austin, TX (1.2 million)
Birmingham, AL (921,000)
Charlotte, NC (1.6 million)
Colorado Springs, CO (517,000)
Flagstaff, AZ (127,000)
Fort Collins, CO (266,700)
Fort Worth, TX (1.8 million)
Fresno, CA (983,000)
Gainesville, FL (224,000)
Greeley, CO (211,000)
Greenville, NC (138,700)
Jackson, TN (110,400)
Laredo, TX (260,000)
Las Vegas, NV (1.6 million)
Orlando, FL (1.8 million)
Phoenix, AZ (3.6 million)
Provo, UT (369,000)
Reno, NV (340,000)
Tuscon, AZ (844,000)
Wilmington, NC (249,000)
Winston-Salem, NC (1.3 million)
Bohemian Bargains
Baltimore, MD (651,000)
Buffalo, NY (293,000)
Cincinnati, OH (292,000)
Cleveland, OH (478,000)
Denver, CO (572,000)
Grand Rapids, MI (1.2 million)
Hartford, CT (136,000)
Indianapolis, IN (782,000)
Kansas City, MO (442,000)
Louisville, KY (699,000)
Memphis, TN (1.1 million)
Miami, FL (2.2 million)
Milwaukee, WI (597,000)
Nashville, TN (1.2 million)
New Orleans, LS (469,000)
Pittsburgh, PA (335,000)
Portland, OR (529,000)
Providence, RI (176,000
Raliegh, NC (276,000)
Rochester, NY (1.1 million)
Sacremento, CA (426,000)
St. Louis, MO (2.6 million)
St. Paul, MN (269,000)
Tampa, FL (318,000)
Wichita, KS (355,000)
Telecommuting Heavens
Albuquerque, NM (449,000)
Brainerd, MN (13,312)
Burlington, VT (39,000)
Clemson, SC (11,967)
Durango, CO (14,000)
Savannah, GA (127,691)
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