[SeekAndFind]

Marketwatch's 100 BEST PLACES TO DO BUSINESS

Rank	Metro area	Score	...	Rank	Metro area	Score
1	Des Moines, Iowa	851		51	Miami	497
2	Washington, D.C.	796		52	Knoxville, Tenn.	495
3	Omaha, Neb.	788		53	Provo, Utah	493
4	Minneapolis-St. Paul	746		54	Rochester, N.Y.	491
5	Boston	739		55	Cleveland	489
6	Boise, Idaho	728		56	Columbia, S.C.	481
7	Denver	726		57	Virginia Beach, Va.	480
8	Salt Lake City	723		58	Poughkeepsie, N.Y.	476
9	Dallas-Ft. Worth	713		59	Palm Bay, Fla.	472
10	Bridgeport, Conn.	709		60	Portland, Ore.	470
11	Houston	704		61	Baton Rouge, La.	469
12	Madison, Wis.	703		62	Oxnard, Calif.	468
13	New York	697		63	Buffalo, N.Y.	467
14	Richmond, Va.	687		*64	Hartford, Conn.	462
*15	Raleigh, N.C.	679		*64	Los Angeles	462
*15	Nashville, Tenn.	679		66	Allentown, Pa.	449
17	Austin, Texas	658		67	Greenville, S.C.	445
18	Charlotte, N.C.	646		68	Lancaster, Pa.	443
19	Columbus, Ohio	645		69	Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla.	441
20	Milwaukee, Wis.	643		70	Honolulu	440
21	Kansas City, Mo.	631		71	New Haven, Conn.	438
22	Little Rock, Ark.	627		72	Akron, Ohio	422
23	Pittsburgh, Pa.	619		*73	Albuquerque, N.M.	416
24	Oklahoma City	615		*73	Modesto, Calif.	416
25	Tulsa, Okla.	607		*75	Toledo, Ohio	408
26	St. Louis	599		*75	Grand Rapids, Mich.	408
27	San Jose	598		77	Colorado Springs, Colo.	407
*28	Philadelphia	594		78	Cape Coral, Fla.	399
*28	Jacksonville, Fla.	594		79	Wichita, Kan.	398
30	Memphis, Tenn.	589		*80	Greensboro, N.C.	395
31	Seattle	580		*80	Albany, N.Y.	395
32	Birmingham, Ala.	578		82	Lakeland, Fla.	393
33	Indianapolis, Ind.	571		83	McAllen, Texas	385
34	Harrisburg, Pa.	569		84	Springfield, Mass.	384
35	Atlanta	568		85	Sacramento, Calif.	372
36	Jackson, Miss.	559		*86	Dayton, Ohio	364
37	Portland, Maine	558		*86	Providence, R.I.	364
*38	Chattanooga, Tenn.	557		88	Bradenton, Fla.	348
*38	San Antonio, Texas	557		89	Syracuse, N.Y.	346
40	San Francisco	554		90	El Paso, Texas	340
41	Phoenix	550		91	Riverside, Calif.	331
42	Ogden, Utah	544		92	New Orleans	325
43	San Diego	537		93	Bakersfield, Calif.	312
44	Baltimore	535		94	Detroit	303
45	Cincinnati	531		95	Tucson, Ariz.	298
46	Orlando, Fla.	526		96	Augusta, Ga.	297
47	Charleston, S.C.	521		97	Worcester, Mass.	286
48	Las Vegas	520		98	Stockton, Calif.	280
49	Louisville, Ky.	512		99	Scranton, Pa.	267
50	Chicago	510		100	Fresno, Calif.	233
	--			101	Youngstown, Ohio	164

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

Who would have thunk. Check out # 100.

[dangus]

I don’t know if I’d scream too loudly about bias. That’s a pretty good representation by red states. As for DC being #2, where do you think that trillion dollars of stimulus is going to go? Good for democracy, no. Good for free enterprise, no. Good for business? Just ask Volkswagon.