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Cities With Most, Least Courteous Drivers

If you do a lot of driving, maybe you’ll identify with this study for AutoAdvantage, which identified the cities with the most and the least courteous drivers.

Drivers responding to the survey identified the two key characteristics of rude drivers as:

* Drivers who overreact and lose their tempers.
* Aggressive drivers who cut into lanes, tailgate, speed and honk.

The five cities with the largest numbers of these miserable drivers are:

1. New York City
2. Dallas/Fort Worth
3. Detroit
4. Atlanta
5. Minneapolis/St. Paul

The survey identified the five most courteous cities as:

1. Portland, Ore.
2. Cleveland
3. Baltimore
4. Sacramento
5. Pittsburgh

Source: AutoAdvantage (06/16/2009)

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Elliott Robinson, JD – Associate Broker
Adams Realtors
458 Cherokee Ave. SE
Atlanta, GA 30312
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Best Cities for Finding Opportunity

Where are the best cities to live in the United States if you want to work hard and get ahead?

Forbes magazine examined the nation’s 40 largest metropolitan statistical areas and based on the number of Forbes’ 400 best big companies and 200 best small companies that are headquartered in each, it identified what it considered places with the most opportunity.

The magazine says it took this route because the best big companies provide opportunities for those who seek to be employees, and the rate of success of small businesses indicates how the area treats entrepreneurs.

Here are the top 10:

1. Houston
2. Dallas
3. Minneapolis
4. Pittsburgh
5. Boston
6. Washington, D.C.
7. Austin
8. St. Louis
9. Kansas City, Mo.
10. New York

Source: Forbes, Lauren Sherman (06/19/2009)

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Elliott Robinson, JD – Associate Broker
Adams Realtors
458 Cherokee Ave. SE
Atlanta, GA 30312
(o) 404-688-1222

Top 10 Places to Start Over

Some parts of the United States have been less affected than others by the economic downturn.

“If people are looking for a job and they’re in Detroit, they’re in the wrong place. They need to be considering geographic mobility,” says Ernie Goss, professor of economics at Creighton University in Omaha.

BusinessWeek magazine, with help from staffing firm Manpower, has examined job opportunities all across the country, ranking metropolitan areas based on the percentage of companies planning to hire in the third quarter.

Here are the top 10 places it identified as offering the best opportunities for anyone looking for a fresh start:

1. Anchorage, Alaska
2. Provo-Orem, Utah
3. Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, Wash.
4. Yakima, Wash.
5. Omaha, Neb.-Council Bluffs, Iowa
6. Richmond, Va.
7. Winston-Salem, N.C.
8. Colorado Springs
9. Amarillo, Texas
10. Washington, D.C., Arlington-Alexandria, Va., plus areas in Maryland and West Virginia

Source: BusinessWeek, Prashant Gopal (06/09/2009)

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Elliott Robinson, JD – Associate Broker
Adams Realtors
458 Cherokee Ave. SE
Atlanta, GA 30312
(o) 404-688-1222
Blog – http://elliott.featuredblog.com

Top 10 Cities for Young College Graduates

When new college grads set out to find their first real job, they might check out the following list of best cities for new college grads compiled by Apartments.com and CBcampus.com, CareerBuilder.com’s college job search site.

The list ranks cities with the highest concentration of adults aged 20 to 24, the inventory of jobs requiring less than one year of experience, and the average cost of rent for a one-bedroom apartment.

Based on this criteria, the top 10 best cities for recent college grads are:

1. Indianapolis, $625 average rent for a one-bedroom apartment
2. Philadelphia, $1,034
3. Baltimore, $1,130
4. Cincinnati, $691
5. Cleveland, $686
6. New York, $1,548
7. Phoenix, $747
8. Denver, $877
9. Chicago, $1,133
10. San Antonio, $696

Source: Apartments.com (05/06/2009)

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Elliott Robinson, JD – Associate Broker
Adams Realtors
458 Cherokee Ave. SE
Atlanta, GA 30312
(o) 404-688-1222

Top 10 U.S. Towns for Living Well

Small cities can be comfortable places to live and great spots to operate a business, according to a new report from Forbes magazine and business relocation specialist ZoomProspector.com.

They identified 10 cities and towns with fewer than 100,000 people, favorable business environments, and well-educated workforces. Their study also took into account natural beauty, high salary levels, and local restaurants and cultural attractions.

The following, according to their analysis, are their top 10 towns that offer great places to live and work.

1. Boulder, Calif.
2. Doral, Fla.
3. Fairfax, Va.
4. Mountain View, Calif.
5. Cupertino, Calif.
6. Newton, Mass.
7. Columbia, Md.
8. Rockville, Md.
9. Coral Gables, Fla.
10. Foster City, Calif.

Source: Forbes, Matt Woolsey (05/04/2009)

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Elliott Robinson, JD – Associate Broker
Adams Realtors
458 Cherokee Ave. SE
Atlanta, GA 30312
(o) 404-688-1222

Top 10 States With Lowest Costs of Care for Aging

States with sunny climates like Florida, California, or Arizona may be the most popular retirement havens. But Genworth Financial offers up a list to seniors who are concerned about making their money go further in this tough economy. Their list ranks places that boast the lowest cost of long-term care.

Genworth last week released its annual cost of care survey, which measures the cost of home care, nursing homes and other forms of assisted living. It identified these states as not only having the most affordable options, but also offering a choice of facilities at an affordable cost.

1. Iowa
2. South Dakota
3. Kansas
4. Nebraska
5. North Dakota
6. Oklahoma
7. Missouri
8. Arkansas
9. Wyoming
10. Louisiana

Source: Genworth Financial (05/04/2009)

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Elliott Robinson, JD – Associate Broker
Adams Realtors
458 Cherokee Ave. SE
Atlanta, GA 30312
(o) 404-688-1222

10 Riskiest U.S. Housing Markets

Even with hints of a housing recovery in some places, risky markets, dominated by nonprime mortgages, still prevail in a number of areas.

Forbes magazine and Moody’s Economy.com surveyed the 200 largest metropolitan areas, adding up the number of loans to low-rated borrowers and dividing that sum by the total number of mortgages to calculate the percentage of each area’s market that is below prime.

Here are the 10 metro areas with the highest percentages of nonprime mortgages, which makes them susceptible to defaults as unemployment rates continue to rise.

• Mission, Texas
• Detroit
• Miami
• Brownsville, Texas
• Merced, Calif.
• Lakeland, Fla.
• Bakersfield, Calif.
• Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
• San Bernardino, Calif.
• Visalia, Calif.

Source: Forbes, Maha Atal (03/31/2009)

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Elliott Robinson, JD – Associate Broker
Adams Realtors
458 Cherokee Ave. SE
Atlanta, GA 30312
(o) 404-688-1222

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