Austin Buzz
- Austin ranks 3rd in "Best Cities for Jobs" in 2008 by www.forbes.com, January 2008
- Austin ranks 1st in "Fastest Growing Metros" in 2008 by www.forbes.com, March 2008
- Austin ranks as the 4th "Best City in Overall Standard of Living" by Expansion Managemement, June 2006
- Austin ranks in the "10 Best Places to Live and Boat " by Boating Life Magazin, July/August 2007
- "Austin ranks #1 in the Country for Economic Development in Business Facilities Magazine, December 2007
- Family Circle named Cedar Park as one of "America's Top 10 Cities for Families", August 2007
- Austin ranks 2nd among the" Top 10 Best Big Cities in the Country" by cnn.money.com, 2006
- Austin ranks as the 3rd "Smartest City in the Country" by Bizjournals.com, June 2006
- The Austin-Round Rock MSA ranked "the best place for business in the US" by MoodysEconomy.com, August 2007
- Austin ranks in the Top 5 "Smart Places to Live in America" by Kiplinger's Personal Finance and the Austin Business Journal, June 2006
- Austin ranked 28th in "Best Places for Business and Careers" by Forbes, May 2006
- Round Rock ranked the 7th "Best Place to Live in America" by Money Magazine, July 2008
- Austin ranks 2nd in the "Top 10 Cities for Walking" by Prevention Magazine, August 2006
- Austin ranks as the "Best Place to Live in America for Hispanics" by Hispanic magazine for the second year in a row, August 2005
- Austin ranks as the 2nd "Best Place to Live for Moviemakers" by Moviemaker Magazine, December 2005
- Georgetown ranks 1st among "The Best Places to Retire" by US News World Report, October 2007
- Austin ranks 2nd among "The Top 10 Places to Live" judging on the financial, educational, and quality of life criteria by Money Magazine, July 2006
- Austin was included in the "8 Cheapest Places You'd Want To Live" survey by Sperling's BestPlaces.com and msn.com, July 2006
- Austin ranks 2nd among the "50 Best Places to Live" comparing the combinations of adventure, attractiveness, and affordability by Mens Journal, April 2006
- Round Rock was selected in a national competition as one of the "100 Best Communities for Young People in the Nation" by America's Promise, January 2007
- Austin was voted the "Best Place to Live for Future Business Locations" by Expansion Magazine, August 2006
- Austin ranks 9th in the Top 10 Hot Cities for Entrepeneurs" by Entrepeneur.com, September 2005
- According to DogFancy, Austin is one of the "Top 10 Cities to be a Dog", November 2005
- Austin ranks 10th in the "Top 10 Healthiest Cities in America" by Sperling's, July 2006
- Cedar Park is ranked number 11 among the "Top 20 Fastest Growing U.S. Suburbs" by Forbes, July 2007
- Austin ranks 11th in the "25 Best Running Cities in America" poll by Runners World, July 2005
- Austin is one of the "50 Fabulous Gay-Friendly Places to Live" by Gregory A. Kompes, December 2005
- Austin ranks 2nd on Vegetarian Times' "Ten Greenest Cities" list, July/August 2005
- Pollstar names Austin City Limits Festival the "Festival of the Year" during its annual concert Industry Awards, February 2006
- American Way magazine features "The Top 10 Lists of Great American Music" and Austin appears on three of the lists including "great music towns", "Great Bigger-is-Better Music Festivals" for the Austin City Limits festival and "sacred ground" for Threadgill's resaurant, June 2005
- Austin ranks 6th in a study by Silicon Valley naming the nation's Top Tech Hubs. The study compare businessand quality of life issues, claiming Austin has affordable housing, electricity, and state taxes, September 2005
- Austin is among the Coolest Cities for Young Professionals according to Kiplinger.com, September 2005
- Austin ranks 1st among U.S. Cities in the fourth annual Mayors Challenge rankings of the "Best Cities for Future Business Locations" by Management Magazine
- Each year, Intel ranks the "top 100 U.S. Cities and Regions with the Greatest Number of Commercial and Public Wireless Internet Access Points" and Austin ranks third, October 2006
- Austin ranks 3rd in a list of "America's Most Innovated Cities" by the Wall Street Journal
