In Amazon.com’s fiercely competitive search for a second headquarters last year, Seattle—the company’s original home—turned out to be the true victor. The behemoth retailer’s decisions—first to split the promised 50,000-job bounty in two and then, in February, to scrap New York’s Long Island City altogether amid political backlash—left Seattle with the largest concentration of Amazon employees in the country.
The Emerald City, at this point, is accustomed to winning, with an economy that grew at three times the rate of the median U.S. city last year—8.4%, or 7% net of inflation. It’s home to not only Amazon but also to Boeing, Costco, Nordstrom and Starbucks. A strong regional tech scene also includes companies like Microsoft, Zillow, Expedia and Tableau Software.
Economic and job growth in the city are expected to continue gaining in the near future thanks to a strong talent base. Ruder says many of her clients are drawn to Dallas in part for its central location and relatively low cost of living. Raleigh now ranks third, with perennial strong performers Denver and Portland, Oregon, rounding out the top five. North Carolina still landed four metros in the top 25 with Durham, Asheville and Charlotte joining Raleigh. Texas has three—Austin and Fort Worth in addition to Dallas. Colorado and Washington claim three entries as well.Long a laggard, Bakersfield, California, ranks last for the first time this year.
RepJayapal So the commies at Forbes rated a city taken over by warlord commies as number one. Shocker. Vlad Lenin would be proud of Forbes.
RepJayapal Seattle is also one of whitest cities in the country.
RepJayapal Is that why CHAZ gained such a foothold?
RepJayapal it should be up to the states.
RepJayapal AND, if I was as ugly as this 'woman' is, I'd just go in the opposite direction. Do NOT go to seattle, it's a rotten mess now. Defunded Police has led to this city to anarchy!! Crime is now at a new high. You don't want to go there, it's a cesspool.
RepJayapal Stupidity deluxe, AND, plenty of riotings going on in seattle, too. Where businesses are crying because of them. That 'city council' is a total mess, a failure. These are LIES. It's that simple, DO NOT, come to seattle, it's now crime infested. They've defunded their Police.
RepJayapal Thank you
RepJayapal More blatant lies from the left. The media doesn’t care when democrats lie to Americans.
RepJayapal Raising the minimum wage doesn't work. This is absolutely a problem that contributes to gentrification.
RepJayapal The federal reserve has to print more money to catch up with the $15 per hour minimum wage.
RepJayapal USA becoming USSA.
RepJayapal SEATTLE WHAT A JOKE
RepJayapal How is Seattle doing as we enter 2021?
RepJayapal Sure
RepJayapal The implications ripple through society - in a good way. Not surprising through that Republicans don’t get it - their trickle down mentality has proven time & time again to not be effective to anyone but those on top.
RepJayapal Seattle is expensive as hell lol I’d be shocked if much of anyone in Seattle was making much below that already. When my company offered me a position there I was going to get a 30% cost of living bump lol
RepJayapal With all the drugs and homeless taking over the city? No way it was number 1, and if so, it was a skewed vote / article.
RepJayapal What about Seattle in 2020 and 21. Its no longer Sleepless in Seattle. It is homeless in Seattle.
RepJayapal what kind of a person doesn't want people to have more?
RepJayapal She is a liar, SeaTac Seattle area went to 15$ hour. 1,000s of jobs was lost along with a 110 room Motel.
RepJayapal Hey RepJayapal where are the $2000 checks you promised us
RepJayapal Get ready for the cost of living increase as well. Good luck, small businesses.
RepJayapal Why did CCP make and release the COVID-19 virus? Because CCP can benefit from the chaos that CCP’s unrestricted bioweapon caused! For example, CCP heavily hit the American economy by the virus, even once paralyzed the US!
RepJayapal thanks for this news