Welcome, Guest.
Please login or register.
"It's Cheap To Live Here" - Forbes Magazine
Rotterdam NY...the people's voice  ›  Rotterdam's Virtual Internet Community  ›  Outside Rotterdam  ›  "It's Cheap To Live Here" - Forbes Magazine Moderators: Admin
Users Browsing Forum
No Members and 183 Guests

"It's Cheap To Live Here" - Forbes Magazine  This thread currently has 550 views. |
1 Pages 1 Recommend Thread
Admin
July 15, 2009, 8:34pm Report to Moderator
Board Moderator
Posts
18,484
Reputation
64.00%
Reputation Score
+16 / -9
Time Online
769 days 23 minutes
Magazine ranks region sixth in nation in "Cheapest Cities to Live"
July 15, 2009
Updated 10:01 p.m.
By Ameerah Cetawayo (Contact)
Gazette Reporter

CAPITAL REGION — The Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area ranked sixth on a Forbes magazine list of America’s 100 Cheapest Cities to Live as a part of group of metropolitan areas described as “bargain boomtowns where people can get more for less.”
The Capital Region was ranked first in the Middle Atlantic in front of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pa.
The list’s ratings are based on four quality-of-life measures: violent crime rate, from the Federal Bureau of Investigation; unemployment rate, from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; average salary for college graduates, from Payscale.com; and cultural opportunity, based on the leisure index from Sperling’s Best Places.
With a population of 853,900, the Albany-Schenectady-Troy area is listed with a ranking of 14th for average salary; 27th for its unemployment rate; 26th for crime; and 21st for culture out of the 100 cities included.
Forbes also used cost of living data from Economy.com, a site managed by investor service provider Moody’s, as well as home affordability figures from the National Association of Home Builders and Wells Fargo, to come up with the list of city rankings.
Michael Weidrich, director of Albany’s Lark Street Business Improvement District, said the higher ranking is a reflection of the many inexpensive options for families and people looking for something to do locally.
“There is so much free entertainment in Albany, Schenectady and Troy. Each city has its own Art Night, and there are so many free concerts,” Weidrich said. “There is definitely a commitment to quality of life and cultural enrichment for the citizens and taxpayers to provide them with entertainment and cultural events. It makes them each a destination in their own right.”..................>>>>..............>>>>..............http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2009/jul/15/0715_cheap/
Logged
Private Message
the.pope
July 15, 2009, 8:44pm Report to Moderator
Guest User
Hey Mary

Sal is right!

according the the article the FBI is looking at us!
Logged
E-mail Reply: 1 - 2
GrahamBonnet
July 15, 2009, 9:48pm Report to Moderator

Hero Member
Posts
9,643
Reputation
66.67%
Reputation Score
+16 / -8
Time Online
131 days 7 hours 47 minutes
What a pile of bull THAT story is! Wow! I guess the public officials complained so much about having our towns come in 99 out of 100 so many times on so many surveys that SOME MAGAZINE, SOMEWHERE was goaded into saying glowing things about Albany/Schenectady/Troy!  


"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
Logged
Private Message Reply: 2 - 2
1 Pages 1 Recommend Thread
|

Rotterdam NY...the people's voice  ›  Rotterdam's Virtual Internet Community  ›  Outside Rotterdam  ›  "It's Cheap To Live Here" - Forbes Magazine

Thread Rating
There is currently no rating for this thread