Kingsport-Bristol ranks 13th in High Tech

I don't guess I'll ever get used to seeing Kingsport-Bristol listed as a "large metro" and compared to places like New York City, L.A. and San Francisco! Here's the latest "best places list" where we are mentioned. Pretty impressive when you see we're rated higher than Austin, Research Triangle, Washington, DC, and Huntsville in highly-concentrated high tech industries!The Milliken Institute recently released its 2007 “Best Performing Cities” list of large and small U.S. metropolitan areas.Large metros are >235,000 Small metros are <235,000You might be pleasantly surprised to know that Kingsport-Bristol ranked 13th in number of highly-concentrated high tech industries among large U.S. metros.So, what about the high-tech company Kingsport-Bristol is keeping?

1. Santa Ana, CA
2. San Jose, CA
2. Cambridge, MA
5. Boulder, CO
6. Dallas, TX
10. Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
13. Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA
17. Austin-Round Rock, TX
28. Raleigh-Cary, NC
28. Washington, DC
36. Huntsville, AL
52. Knoxville, TN
52. Atlanta, GA
62. Nashville, TN
62. Greensboro, NC
79. Greenville, SC
115. Charlotte, NC
115. Roanoke, VA
151. Asheville, NC
173. Winston-Salem, NC
173. Spartanburg, SC
173. Memphis, TN
192. Chattanooga, TN

Johnson City, TN ranked #2 of the 179 smallest U.S. metros

Source: http://bestcities.milkeninstitute.org/bc200_2007.html


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