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The criteria analyzed were Economic Potential, Cost Effectiveness, Human Resources, Quality of Life, Infrastructure, Business Friendliness, and FDI Promotion Strategy. It is to be noted that 5 of the top 10 cities of the future were smaller than Evansville within the last century.
Of particular note on order of importance within the infrastructure category are #1 upload speed, #2 download speed, #3 number of airports, #4 distance to airports, and #5 international destinations served.
Also of note is that in the category of Business Friendliness the first nine (9) things of importance have to do with high technology and knowledge workers.
In Human Resource rankings the importance of an educated work force dominates every sub-category.
An example of the ranking is here for Quality of Life for small cities that is Evansville’s category.
1 Naperville Illinois
2 Arlington, Virginia
3 Thousand Oaks, California
4 Cary, North Carolina
5 Sunnyvale, California
6 Overland Park, Kansas
7 Fremont, California
8 Bellevue, Washington
9 Irvine, California
10 Columbia, South Carolina
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