Columbus is the best big city in the Midwest, according to Time magazine’s “Best Places to Live 2016 Best Big Cities” list, which “identifies the metro area (300,000-plus population) in each region of the country that offers all the benefits of big-city living” plus “great quality-of-life factors,” according to a recent article in that magazine. Time cited Andy and Phil George, co-founders of startup MentorcliQ, who chose Columbus as their company’s permanent home based not only on the “low cost of living vs. Los Angeles,” or the “dozen-plus Fortune 1,000 firms in town,” but also “the promise of a city on the rise.” More than 150 companies have moved to the Columbus area in the past five years, “drawn by a highly educated workforce” from the region’s 60-plus college and university campuses, “and a solid business base that includes major retailers L Brands and Abercrombie & Fitch.” The city had “the highest wage growth in the country” in 2015, “with average hourly rates shooting up 6.2%, far exceeding the national rate of around 2% and surpassing even such go-go burgs as San Francisco (6%),” according to the article. For more, read the full article.
Time magazine names Columbus as one of its “6 Best Big Cities” in the country
