Interesting article in Business Week, Nov. 20, 2008:
Business Week wrote Where Would You Relocate for a Job?
A recent survey identifies the 20 cities where Americans would most want, and least want, to relocate
By Prashant Gopal
Lifestyle
Imagine you were offered a dream job that required you to relocate to your favorite city. Which city would it be? And why?
If you're like most Americans, you might select New York, San Diego, or San Francisco, according to a soon-to-be released survey of 2,500 employees and entrepreneurs across the nation by the Human Capital Institute, a Washington-based think tank and professional association largely made up of human resources professionals.
Leading Factors: Environment, Affordability
The survey is part of the professional organization's 2009 National Talent Markets report, which is meant to help cities determine how to improve and properly market themselves to attract talented out-of-town workers. The most important issue for workers in determining where to relocate is environment, including climate and park space, according to the survey.
Image Is Also a Part of It
Scott Simmons is vice-president and founding partner of Crist|Kolder Associates, an executive recruiting firm in Chicago, said it's easier to find workers willing to move to big cities such as New York, Chicago, or San Francisco than it is to convince people to move to a midsize city such as Erie, Pa., which is a one-hour 45-minute drive from either Pittsburgh or Cleveland. People on the coasts, especially in California, are reluctant to move, he said. And workers often would rather not move to cold rust-belt cities such as Cleveland, Detroit, and Buffalo, he said.
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The full report is scheduled to come out in January.
Click here to see America's most and least favorite cities:
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/11/1121_best_and_worst_cities/index.htm
(Cleveland is 8th least desirable... "The top negative attributes, according to the survey, were environment—climate, park space, natural resources (58%); health and safety (45%); and image (42%).")
Top ten most desirable:

Top ten least desirable:
