Read the Forbes.com article here.
Raleigh is #3 on their list, which is calculated by:
the percentage of Internet users with high-speed access, the range of service providers within a city and the availability of public wireless hot spots.
The article is careful to point out the constantly-shifting nature of the data they used and just exactly how….strange…it is that southern cities top the list.
Long live cultural/regional stereotypes. Please, let me get out my banjo and start playing the theme to Deliverance.
Rachel Ray Magazine did on article this month on how Raleigh is the hottest town for singles. The book store my friend works for was sited as a hot spot for chicks. I spit out my beverage when I came across this.
It always boggles my mind when they say a certain place is any kind of “hot spot” for singles. Who is gathering this data, and what are the criteria? Just because it’s a popular spot for people to hang out does NOT = people dating and/or hooking up.
The Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area is rife with technology companies, colleges, and is pretty affordable to live in compared to a lot of other areas of the country. I didn’t see where San Jose ranked, but I would have guessed them to be number one since that is the heart of silicon valley.
I don’t remember, and I’m too brainmushed to go look right now. They did say the formula used was a bit….interesting. (Translation: they wanted to get some people up in arms and sell some magazines.)