As a place for young singles from 25-29, the Denver area ranked second across the country per Kiplinger's latest report on Best Places to Live. One of the selection criteria included the Bohemian Indicator. Denver scored a 117, with a national average index of 100. Washington D.C. was the top selection.
What is a Bohemian Indicator? Kiplinger says it "shows the concentration of writers, designers, musicians, actors and other arts-related personnel, and is a comparative measure of an area's diversity and cultural amenities."
Denver, and the surrounding metropolitan area, scored as follows:
Population: 2,327,901
Cost of Living Index: 102 (100 is average)
Percentage of Workforce in the Creative Class: 34%
Bohemian Indicator: 117
Creative Class Salary Growth: 18.2%
The Creative Class indicator includes scientists, engineers, architects, educators, writers, artists and entertainers. Richard Florida, who created the criteria to evaluate all the cities, wrote in The Rise of the Creative Class, that creative types of people make a city a vibrant place to live.
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Whether you are between 25-29 or a Bohemian of any other age, Denver is a great place to live.
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