How does TRI stack up against the South (execept FL & TX)?

We initially established that TRI (Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol) ranks higher than any other metro area in Tennessee. 

 

We then examined…

 

·         the Pacific Coast and saw that TRI outpaced Seattle, San Francisco, Napa and Sacramento. 

·         the Mountain West and realized that TRI outscored hot markets like Vegas, Phoenix and Boulder. 

·         the Midwest and learned that TRI outscored Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Columbus, Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland.

·         the Northeast and New England, establishing that TRI was very comparable to Boston or Philadelphia and outscored well-publicized markets like Providence, Baltimore, and Burlington VT.

 

Today, we’ll look at the South minus FL & TX (who have grown so large they warrant their own category) and TN (which we previously examined).

 

Tri-Cities (Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol) ranks higher than some of the hottest southern markets like Charlotte, Greenville/Spartanburg, Greensboro/Winston-Salem, Savannah, Louisville, Lexington and Birmingham.

 

We rarely give ourselves enough credit!

 

No matter how you slice it, Tri-Cities, TN/VA is a great place to live!

 

 

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Best Places to Live -- TRI compared to South (except FL & TX)
2005 Source: www.bestplaces.net
National Rank	Metro area
1	Charlottesville, VA
7	Atlanta, GA
8	Asheville, NC
11	Roanoke, VA
13	Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
15	Lynchburg, VA
17	Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC
26	Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV
27	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR
34	Athens, GA
50	Columbia, SC
55	Richmond-Petersburg, VA
63	Charleston-North Charleston, SC
77	Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA
80	Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC
81	Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC
82	Jacksonville, NC
86	Goldsboro, NC
91	Lexington, KY
98	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC
99	Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR
103	Knoxville, TN
109	Memphis, TN-AR-MS
110	Columbus, GA-AL
111	Tuscaloosa, AL
139	New Orleans, LA
156	Savannah, GA
164	Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC
167	Louisville, KY-IN
172	Wilmington, NC
174	Mobile, AL
178	Jackson, MS
180	Greenville, NC
192	Auburn-Opelika, AL
193	Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH
206	Nashville, TN
209	Decatur, AL
210	Chattanooga, TN-GA
215	Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY
218	Birmingham, AL
226	Huntsville, AL
228	Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
233	Charleston, WV
242	Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
247	Monroe, LA
248	Lake Charles, LA
250	Fayetteville, NC
254	Hickory-Morganton, NC
255	Albany, GA
256	Dothan, AL
257	Jonesboro, AR
258	Montgomery, AL
266	Myrtle Beach, SC
268	Florence, SC
269	Florence, AL
274	Sumter, SC
293	Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, MS
295	Baton Rouge, LA
297	Lafayette, LA
298	Danville, VA
300	Hattiesburg, MS
301	Rocky Mount, NC
302	Macon, GA
303	Owensboro, KY
304	Jackson, TN
305	Wheeling, WV-OH
320	Houma, LA
321	Alexandria, LA
322	Fort Smith, AR-OK
323	Anniston, AL
324	Gadsden, AL
325	Pine Bluff, AR