Top 5 Central Cities
1. Indianapolis, IN (6*)
2. San Antonio, TX (9)
3. Austin/San Marcos, TX (14)
4. Fort Worth/Arlington, TX (15)
5. Dallas, TX (19)
*overall ranking
Top 5 West Cities
1. Portland/Vancouver, OR/WA (23*)
2. Seattle/Bellevue/Everett, WA (28)
3. San Jose, CA (31)
4. Riverside/San Bernardino, CA (34)
5. San Diego, CA (39)
*overall ranking
Top 5 Southeast Cities
1. Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC (1*)
2. Jacksonville, FL (2)
3. Orlando, FL (3)
4. Atlanta, GA (4)
5. Charlotte/Gastonia/Rock Hill, NC/SC (5)
*overall ranking
Top 5 Northeast Cities
1. Middlesex/Somerset/Hunterdon, NJ (25*)
2. Monmouth/Ocean, NJ (35)
3. New York, NY (41)
4. Pittsburgh, PA (43)
5. Boston, MA/NH (45)
*overall ranking
Top 4 Mountain Cities
1. Salt Lake City/Ogden, UT (10*)
2. Phoenix/Mesa, AZ (16)
3. Las Vegas, NV/AZ (18)
4. Denver, CO (33)
*overall ranking
This article was originally published in the October 1998 print edition of Entrepreneur with the headline: Hot Cities.


















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