Omaha #7 - MSN: Best Places For Business

thenewguy · Post by **thenewguy** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:18 am

Des Moines, Lincoln, Omaha all named in the Forbes.com article

Best Places For Business

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/In ... ties%20are

Des Moines:

Metro-area population: 563,000

Rankings

Cost of doing business: 49th*

Projected economic growth: 53rd**

Projected job growth: 29th**

Educational attainment: 46th***

Income growth: 54th****

Net inbound migration: 45th****

Lincoln:

Metro-area population: 260,000

Rankings

Cost of doing business: 14th

Projected economic growth: 95th

Projected job growth: 60th

Educational attainment: 30th

Income growth: 36th

Net inbound migration: 97th

Omaha:

Metro-area population: 850,000

Rankings

Cost of doing business: 48th

Projected economic growth: 128th

Projected job growth: 54th

Educational attainment: 56th

Income growth: 46th

Net inbound migration: 104th

Those are listed in the order they appear on the article (minus some omitted cities), but I don't think that it necessarily means that one city is the best/worst based on where they showed up.

thenewguy · Post by **thenewguy** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:48 am

am i the only one that noticed how similar downtown DSM and downtown Omaha are set up?

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 12:53 pm

thenewguy wrote:am i the only one that noticed how similar downtown DSM and downtown Omaha are set up?

I noticed that too! Â It does make me appreciate more of the mid-rise buildings Omaha has seeing the differences between the two pictures too.