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Best States for Business and Careers

                          a.     b.    c.     d.   e.     f.           g.
1  Virginia            22     2     1     5   17     4     8,229,500
2  North Dakota     3     4    17     2     6   19       707,600
3  Utah                12     3     8    11   10   17     2,879,800
4  North Carolina    2     7     3    26     9   32     9,831,300
5  Colorado          32     1   14     15    4     9     5,224,900
6  Nebraska           4   26     8      3   39    16     1,860,500
7  Texas              23   15   18      1     2    30   26,295,100
8  Minnesota        34   18   22      9   13     5      5,401,700
9  Washington      27     5   32    19     5   26      6,936,200
10 Georgia           24   11     4    40   12   36      9,977,700

{a. Business Costs Rank b. Labor Supply Rank c. Regulatory Environment Rank d. Economic Climate Rank e. Growth Prospects Rank f. Quality of Life Rank g.Population}


#6 Nebraska

2012 Rank: 6
Gross State Product: $100 billion
5-Year Annual GSP Growth: 1.6%
Governor: Dave Heineman

Though Lincoln is the state capital, Omaha stands as Nebraska’s largest city and economic center. Omaha is home to Berkshire Hathaway, whose CEO and founder, Warren Buffett, is the third richest person in the world. The city is also home to ConAgra, Mutual of Omaha, InfoUSA and TD Ameritrade. At 4.2%, Nebraska’s unemployment rate is the third lowest in the country.

Too bad they didn't use a better photo of Omaha.  I also like how they photoshopped out all the signs (Clink, OWH, even Woodmen).

Brad wrote:Too bad they didn't use a better photo of Omaha.  I also like how they photoshopped out all the signs (Clink, OWH, even Woodmen).

No free advertising in that magazine!

Its a nice angle though. I always believe stats are full of |expletive| anyway, but it feels good seeing nebraska get recognition.

RNcyanide wrote:Its a nice angle though.

The bridge piers are at a nice angle too... which is one thing that really bothers me about the photo.  It looks like its going to fall over...  Add that on top of the blow out highlights, I just thought Forbes would have done better...

Looks like a pretty old photo. The lights on CLC are blue still and the piers don't have the dirt and debris/waterline mark from the 2011 floods either.

almighty_tuna wrote:Looks like a pretty old photo. The lights on CLC are blue still and the piers don't have the dirt and debris/waterline mark from the 2011 floods either.

I think its last year because besides the blue/purple on the Clink, you can also see the green so the strip had been changed but not the spot lights.

Brad wrote:

RNcyanide wrote:Its a nice angle though.

The bridge piers are at a nice angle too... which is one thing that really bothers me about the photo.  It looks like its going to fall over...  Add that on top of the blow out highlights, I just thought Forbes would have done better...

Well granted their specialty is economics and not photography...  :;):

RNcyanide wrote:Well granted their specialty is economics and not photography...  :;):

Wrong.  They are a very large company, that is know around the world.  They should have an editor on staff, who's specialty photography.

If they don't already, or if theirs sucks, perhaps that editor could be you.  :yes: