Got this article today from our Kansas City, MO Market Advisor. I was surprised, never been to KC before but I'd never heard of it being a great place to relocate your family to. I guess that's why we pay Market Advisors.
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KC ranks 3rd for relocating families
Kansas City Business Journal - 4:06 PM CDT Thursday, May 17, 2007 Kansas City ranks No. 3 among large metropolitan areas in the 2007 Best Cities for Relocating Families, published by Worldwide ERC and Primacy Relocation.
Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas, ranks No. 1 among metro areas with populations of at least 1.25 million. Wichita ranks second among midsized metros with a population of 575,000 to 1.25 million. Knoxville, Tenn., topped that list.
Provo-Orem, Utah, came in No. 1 for relocating families in small metro areas, those with a population of 350,000 to 575,000. Springfield, Mo., ranks 11th on the list of small metro areas.
This is the third year for the study, on which the two organizations worked with Bert Sperling of Sperling's BestPlaces to rate cities based on short-term and long-term factors that determine the likelihood of a successful relocation. In relocating a family, traditional variables such as an area's cost of living, crime rates, education and climate are combined with more abstract factors such as a city's arts and culture scene, focus on diversity and number of physicians per capita, according to a release.
The 2007 study placed a special emphasis on the housing market. "Without a doubt, the state of the housing market is having a huge impact on relocation decisions of both employers and the families who are being transferred," Michelle Vallejo, president of Primacy, The Americas, said in a statement. "The cities on this list represent some of the stronger real estate markets and places that are most conducive to a successful family relocation."
Las Vegas-based Worldwide ERC (Employee Relocation Council) is an association of professionals involved in work-force mobility and relocation. Memphis-based Primacy Relocation provides relocation and assignment management services.
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