Triangle Business Journal
The Raleigh-Durham area has finished on top in a study designed to determine how several prominent Southeastern cities compare to each other.
The study, which was commissioned by the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, ranked cities in five separate categories as well as in a composite ranking. The Triangle, which placed either first or second in each category, was No. 1 in the composite rankings.
The categories, and the Triangle’s rank in them, were: employment and workforce (2); income and productivity (2); livability and connectivity (1); new economy (2); and equity and diversity (2).
Other than the Triangle, the cities in the rankings – and their composite ranking – were: Austin, Texas (2); Charlotte (3); Atlanta (4); Dallas, Texas (5); Richmond, Va. (6); Nashville, Tenn. (7); Tampa, Fla. (8) and Jacksonville, Fla. (9).
The study, called Benchmark Charlotte 2009, was conducted by Harrison S. Campbell Jr., an associate professor of geography at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
