Living

• #30 Top 100 Best Places To Live — Livability.com
• Fastest Growing U.S. Cities — Metro Magnets Index
• Top 30 Fastest Growing Major Metros In The Country — United States Census Bureau
• Top 10 U.S. Cities On The Rise — NerdWallet
• #4 Affordable Apartment Ranking — Apartment Guide
• A Best Town For Families — Family Circle
• Playful City USA — Kaboom
• Top 10 Great Places To Be Inspired By Innovation — USA Today
• Top 25 Places To Retire — Forbes
• Best Destination For Green Travelers — TravelNerd
• #4 Most Optimistic Cities In America — Gallup
• Top 10 Best Performing Cities In The Country — Milken Institute
• A Best Place To Retire — Grandparents.com
• A Top Small City Of The Future In North & South America — FDI Magazine
• Top 3 Best Performing Cities In The Country — Milken Institute
• Best Place To Live In The Country — Relocate-America.com
• Top 10 City For Raising Families — Kiplinger's magazine
• America's New Federal City — Government Executive Magazine
• One Of The Nation's Most Affordable Cities — CNN/Money

Employment

• Best Places For Business And Careers — Forbes Magazine
• Best Places For Job Growth — Forbes
• Top 20 Southern cities for jobs — ZipRecruiter
• Top Cities For STEM Jobs — SmartAssett
• Nation's Top Engineering City — NerdWallet
• #1 In Employee Engagement — Forbes
• Best Cities For Employee Recognition — Quantum Workplace
• Top 10 Strongest Economies In The Nation — Policom Corporation
• Top 10 Most Promising U.S. Tech Hubs To Watch In 2014
• Best Mid-Sized Cities For Veterans To Find Careers — USA and U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• #4 America's High Tech Hot Spots — Progressive Policy Institute
• Top 25 Cities For High Tech Startups — Entrepreneur
• #2 City In The South For Computer Programmers — ValuePenguin
• #4 Growth Potential — Business Facilities
• #3 Best Places For Engineering Graduates — NerdWallet
• #2 State For Small Business Friendliness — Thumbtack.com
• Top 20 Strongest Economies In The Nation — Policom Corporation
• #3 Best Cities For Mid-Career Professional In The Nation
• Top 10 Leading Creative Class Metros — Kiplinger's Personal Finance
• #3 largest Aerospace & Defense Manufacturing Hubs — Business Facilities - The Location Advisor
• Leading Metro For Business — Forbes
• Leading Hotbed For High-Tech Growth — Area Development & TechAmerica Foundation Cybercities Report
• Top 10 Attractive Metros For Business — Area Development
• Nation's Leading Small City With Big Opportunities — Entrepreneur
• #1 National Ranking For Employment Growth — Moody's Economy
• Top 5 Community Leading The Economic Recovery — USA Today

Education

• Best Place For STEM Graduates — NerdWallet
• A Best Town For College Students — American Institute For Economic Research
• One of the Nation's Most Educated Cities — WalletHub
• One of the Happiest Cities In The Country — The Washington Post
• Leader Of Nation's Realignment Boon — Washington Times
• Best-Educated of Alabama's Metro Areas — AL.com