Morgantown Ranks High in Annual National Surveys

State Journal, The, May, 2007 by Kasey, Pam

MORGANTOWN - Morgantown continues to rank highly among cities its size, as seen in two annual national rankings.

Forbes Magazine rated Morgantown ninth among Best Small Places for Business and Careers for 2007.

The city placed fifth in Inc. Magazine's Boomtowns 2007: Top 20 Small Cities for cities with employment bases under 150,000.

Forbes ranked Morgantown among "small places" all Metropolitan Statistical Areas smaller than the top 200 by population, which this year includes cities up to 232,000. The population of the Morgantown MSA is 115,000.

Taking a broad measure of quality of life each spring, Forbes compares the cities' costs of living and doing business, crime rates, culture and leisure amenities, job growth and educational attainment.

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