WORK

Minneapolis is the TOP TECH city in America (Popular Science ‘05)

Minneapolis is the SMARTEST CITY (Men’s Health ‘05)

Minneapolis has the LARGEST STRICTLY URBAN MEDICAL CORRIDOR in the Nation (Life Sciences Consortium)

Minneapolis is the BEST LARGE CITY for ENTREPRENEURS (entrepreneur. com ‘04)

Minneapolis is home to SEVEN of FORTUNES 100 MOST ADMIRED COMPANIES (Fortune ’05)

Minneapolis is home to TWO of the Fortune’s BEST COMPANIES to WORK for (Fortune ‘05)

LIVE

Minneapolis is one of the LEAST STRESSFUL PLACES to LIVE (bestplaces.net ‘05)

Minneapolis is the BEST CITY for SLEEP (bestplaces.net ‘05)

Minneapolis is America’s MOST LITERATE CITY (U of Wisconsin ’04)

Minneapolis is one of the Nation’s top 10 GREEN CITIES (The Green Guide ‘05)

Minneapolis is home to THREE TOP RANKED HOSPITALS —(U.S. News and World Report ’05)

PLAY

Minneapolis is America’s MOST FUN CITY (bestplaces.net ’04)

Minneapolis boasts 18 LAKES and ONE ACRE of PARKLAND per every 57 RESIDENTS (City of Minneapolis)

Minneapolis has MORE GOLFERS per capita (bestplaces.net’04)

There are MORE THAN 5,000 RESTAURANTS in and around Minneapolis (cnn.com ’05)
 

Since update Minneapolis also named the #2 smartest place to live by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, one of the top 5 places to visit in 2006 by Travel and Leisure, and one of the top 10 most environmentally sustainable cities by SustainLane.com.