why not mpls on this list (Minneapolis, St. Paul: home, tech jobs, private schools)

[jaijj1]

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[gearedtowardssalad]

Most of those cities have booming high tech industries and Minneapolis does not.

[HarborEastGuy]

Without a doubt, weather is the reason.
And Tampa/Riverside/Portland have no Tech Industry at all.

[jaijj1]

weather didn't keep mpls from being #1 gay city

[noimagination]

It's on this one: Yahoo! Finance - Financially Fit (http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=AkkDKZtNMnzOg4UhShvhvLY40tIF;_ylu=X3oDMTE2cWg wZ2cyBHBvcwM2BHNlYwNhcnRpY2xlTWFpbgRzbGsDc2VlYW1lc mljYXNi/SIG=10pduub5p/**http%3A//bit.ly/9Tolxg - broken link)

[jaijj1a]

hey nonimaginative, nice name...

the list u give also includes wis as being great too. The list is an after thought.

plus, houston over dallas/austin? there is something wrong with ur list.

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by gearedtowardssalad

Most of those cities have booming high tech industries and Minneapolis does not.

I suspect there's a lot more high tech in the Twin Cities than you are aware of.

TechAmerica Foundation : Minneapolis-St. Paul Totals 98,600 Tech Jobs in 2009

The Twin Cities is also home to companies like Medtronic and 3M, and still has large facililities for companies like Delta (the former Northwest Airlines campus), Unisys, Blue Cross, and a fair number of other companies.

In the 60's, the Twin Cites metro was a hotbed of development in the fledgling computer industry with companies like ERA, UNIVAC/Sperry/Unisys, Control Data, Cray, Honeywell, Seagate, and many others either being founded in the Twin Cities or having strong connections here, so there's a long history of tech in the area.

Minnesota's Hidden History in Computing

[jaijj1b]

Originally Posted by rcsteiner

I suspect there's a lot more high tech in the Twin Cities than you are aware of.

[URL="http://www.techamericafoundation.org/cybercities2010-minneapolis-st-paul"]TechAmerica Foundation : Minneapolis-St. Paul Totals 98,600 Tech Jobs in 2009[/URL]

The Twin Cities is also home to companies like Medtronic and 3M, and still has large facililities for companies like Delta (the former Northwest Airlines campus), Unisys, Blue Cross, and a fair number of other companies.

In the 60's, the Twin Cites metro was a hotbed of development in the fledgling computer industry with companies like ERA, UNIVAC/Sperry/Unisys, Control Data, Cray, Honeywell, Seagate, and many others either being founded in the Twin Cities or having strong connections here, so there's a long history of tech in the area.

[URL="http://www.cbi.umn.edu/resources/MHHC/index.html"]Minnesota's Hidden History in Computing[/URL]

newsflash----most companies now locate to nice weather. this is not the 60's.

[Min-Chi-Cbus]

^no they don't, they locate where taxes are low and the business climate is good, like educated workforce and unemployement rates are lower. It is ALWAYS about the bottom line!

[Min-Chi-Cbus]

Those lower taxed areas also generally have less public investment, meaning a less educated workforce (except private schools) overall. Hiring/recruiting costs then become more expensive as companies look outside for good talent, or have to pay more to retain the fewer (relatively) educated employees in-state. It's very "yin/yang".