| If you want to relocate to a tech-savvy city--a city | | | | Triangle Park--a well-known biotech, business and |
| that offers great prospects for technology | | | | research center. 44% of Raleigh residents age 25 |
| talent--then you'll love the seven cities listed below. | | | | and older hold bachelor's degrees. Notable companies |
| Each of the 7 cities below have above-average | | | | in the Triangle area include: Cisco, IBM, Lenovo, SAS, |
| brainpower (smart populations), great technology | | | | Progress Energy, NetApp, and RBC Centura. |
| infrastructure, and a growing technology job sector. | | | | 5. Atlanta, GA - Atlanta is rapidly becoming one of |
| 1. Seattle, WA - Forty seven percent of Seattle's | | | | the fastest growing metropolitan cities in the |
| population holds a bachelor's degree or higher, making | | | | Southeast and is a virtual hotbed for technology |
| Seattle the "brain-iest" city in the U.S. Seattle is | | | | workers. Forty-two percent of Atlanta residents hold |
| well-known for its technology infrastructure (wireless | | | | a bachelor's degree or higher, and Atlanta is home to |
| city), and growing tech industry. Microsoft and | | | | Georgia Tech and Georgia State. Notable companies |
| Nintendo are both located in Redmond, just outside | | | | headquartered in Atlanta include: AT&T, CNN, |
| of Seattle. Notable technology companies located | | | | Cox Communications, Lucent Technologies, Data |
| within (or nearby) Seattle include Real Networks, | | | | General, Hewlett-Packard, Earthlink, Home Depot, |
| Tmobile, Amazon, Clearwire, Infopop, Zillow.com, and | | | | Delta Airlines, Lockheed Martin (in Marietta), Siemens, |
| Just like San Jose and San Francisco, Seattle seems | | | | SunTrust Bank, Equifax, and |
| to attract many internet startups. | | | | 6. Colorado Springs, CO - Colorado can be described |
| 2. Austin, TX - Like Seattle, more than 40% of | | | | as a small-scale Seattle--a rapidly growing technology |
| Austin's population holds a bachelor's degree. This is | | | | center that is attracting highly educated workers. |
| one of the highest percentages in the nation. Austin | | | | Colorado Springs is known for its aerospace research |
| is the state capital and attracts talent from The | | | | and military installations including the North American |
| University of Texas at Austin and Texas A& M | | | | Air Defense Command (NORAD), Fort Peterson Air |
| University (Texas A&M is located in neighboring | | | | Force Base, and The U.S. Air Force Academy. This |
| College Station). The weather is warm and sunny in | | | | mountain city has the lowest percentage of high |
| Austin, and Texas has no state income tax. Notable | | | | school dropouts. (It is one of just two places with a |
| technology/engineering companies headquartered in | | | | dropout rate below 10 percent.) Notable companies in |
| Austin include Dell Computers, National Instruments, | | | | Colorado Springs include: Hewlett-Packard and 17 |
| and Austin Semiconductors. | | | | other major electronics companies which combined |
| 3. San Francisco Bay Area, CA - San Francisco has | | | | employ over 10,000 people. Other companies with a |
| always attracted people with intellectual and | | | | presence in the city include Oracle, T. Rowe Price, |
| technology talent. Forty-five percent of San | | | | Progressive Insurance, and Amtel. |
| Francisco's residents hold bachelor's degrees, second | | | | 7. Washington, D.C. - It's no surprise that Washington |
| only to Seattle, and The City by the Bay ranks third | | | | D.C. has a strong technology industry since the city is |
| for its concentration of graduate and professional | | | | home to the federal government, world-renown |
| degrees. The infamous dot-com era began in San | | | | research institutes, lobbying firms, and one of the |
| Francisco, and to this day, many internet and | | | | highest concentrations of law offices. More than |
| software companies are headquartered in the Bay | | | | one-fifth of D.C. residents have graduate or |
| Area. Notable companies include: BitTorrent, Craigslist, | | | | professional degrees, and notable companies in D.C. |
| Blogspot, Digg, Google, Linden Lab (Second Life), | | | | include: XM Satellite Radio, Carlyle Group, CSPAN, |
| Salesforce.com, Typepad, Technorati, Cnet, SBC | | | | Lincoln Group, Allbritton Communications Company, |
| Communications, and Sega. | | | | and Blue State Digital. |
| 4. Raleigh-Durham, NC - Raleigh-Durham, also known | | | | Are these the only options for top technology cities? |
| as "The Triangle," attracts some the brightest minds | | | | Of course not - here are some other top technology |
| due to its proximity to 3 major universities (Duke | | | | cities and top "smart" cities Explore your options, and |
| University, NC State, UNC-Chapel Hill), and Research | | | | see which city is the right fit for you. |