Generation Y loves Maine July 8
Seen on the CoolTown Studios blog: BusinessWeek has published a ranking of the nation’s top metropolitan areas for Generation Y’ers (aged 20-29), “based on more than thirty weighted variables in five categories: the share of a population at the young and single life stage, economic strength; education levels and safety; economic growth; and local amenities.”
Among the country’s 363 defined metropolitan areas, greater Portland (which includes most of Cumberland and York counties) clocked in at number 22. The magazine calls Portland “among the top midsize cities for young singles. Portland has a low crime rate and a high percentage of creative workers.”
The ranking criteria were developed by geographer Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class, and Kevin Stolarick at the Martin Prosperity Institute. Read the article and its full listings here.