Ok, if the hill you choose to die on is some website’s internal metrics that at best purports to be looking at a fraction of all jobs in the country, have at it.
I think there is room to explore how we can spread the bounty that is accumulating in certain areas of the state. But starting the discussion with a questionable unsourced evisceration of NC seemed a poor opening statement.
Raleigh/Durham tops 2019 U-Haul Migration trend list:
IBM announced their latest quantum doohickey and names it after the city of Raleigh.
“…we can see how Raleigh stacks up against Penguin backends”
Heh, Canes fan in me loves that. This is neat though I’m completely uneducated on the subject.
Maybe it’s a subliminal message indicating IBM will be moving its headquarters here?
Raleigh did just get ranked as one of the top 100 cities in the world! Sorry charlotte usa; you didn’t make the cut.
Thanks for sharing!
Charlotte is included actually at #86, Raleigh #92
While most of this ranking seems fairly intuitive one would think Shanghai deserves a higher rank than #87 
Tried to download the report with no success. Do you know the full list of USA cities?
Rank City Country Place Product Programming People Prosperity Promotion
2 New York United States 16 5 2 16 4 2
9 Los Angeles United States 21 13 18 22 28 7
11 San Francisco United States 24 36 21 8 14 26
13 Chicago United States 85 8 14 46 16 9
20 San Diego United States 11 59 44 28 38 36
21 Boston United States 130 29 64 12 13 29
23 Las Vegas United States 27 35 20 99 106 14
24 Miami United States 71 65 60 7 94 24
25 San Jose United States 95 76 178 4 7 150
26 Washington United States 106 40 66 23 11 37
32 Houston United States 142 42 55 45 12 32
34 Seattle United States 154 52 38 31 17 42
38 Dallas United States 112 33 83 49 22 38
40 Austin United States 77 91 54 32 50 40
43 Orlando United States 108 41 56 52 82 28
49 Phoenix United States 34 46 46 66 102 83
52 Denver United States 118 69 80 38 33 53
53 Philadelphia United States 127 44 58 63 30 50
55 Atlanta United States 163 34 91 82 36 33
56 Minneapolis United States 173 62 105 33 18 167
57 Portland United States 178 106 47 51 25 68
79 Nashville United States 166 99 63 76 52 80
80 Baltimore United States 170 70 115 69 42 114
82 Sacramento United States 100 127 148 48 70 151
85 Salt Lake City United States 120 96 175 59 34 201
86 Charlotte United States 183 109 146 56 44 71
90 St. Louis United States 160 82 93 91 66 67
91 Tucson United States 66 126 100 72 115 164
92 Raleigh United States 165 143 153 29 77 189
93 San Antonio United States 99 135 84 104 83 70
94 Columbus United States 167 107 129 71 43 121
97 Tampa United States 128 123 144 77 84 107
99 Pittsburgh United States 212 98 140 81 41 120
Edit: I reduced it to US cities to compress the info. But encourage to download the report to understand the criteria. All it took was to provide email address
If you count where we are compared to our population (presuming it’s going by CSA), we punch near our weight. If data is going by MSA, we are punching way above our weight.
Charlotte USA is definitely punching below its weight in either case. Clearly, and despite Charlotte’s narrative otherwise, we are in the same league as them.
The league that many like to put us in is completely missing from the top 100 including: Memphis, Louisville, Richmond, Birmingham, Jacksonville, and Norfolk/VaBeach.
Shockingly missing from this list is: Detroit, Cleveland, Indianapolis, and Cincinnati, all of which are larger metros than the Triangle.
With Orlando at #42 I’m calling BS on this list. 
I think reason a lot of cities sited as missing from 100 list it the ranking takes a lot more into consideration than population. I’m not surprised that a lot of them do not rank in 100 best. Look at Shanghai which ranks lower than Raleigh.(I think it was hurt by almost no green space, pollution and other quality of life issues). Ranking has a lot to do with quality of life as well as other non population metrics.
Interesting stats on Wake County birthrates.
UHaul moving trends baes in one-way truck rentals list Raleigh- Durham as top growth city for 2019.
NC State in the news Quantum Computer https://www.heraldsun.com/news/business/article239164563.html
Has the Triangle been booming or are we just hitting our stride?
Nothin gonna break my stride!
Another silly list. ‘Best Run Cities’. 
#4 Durham
#16 Raleigh
#17 Greensboro
#150 Washington DC
Yet there was a lot of complaining about races in DTR blocking streets. Go figure. 
They changed the course for City of Oaks and Rock N Roll is completely gone (good riddance). I have run many half marathons (and one full) in Raleigh and Durham, and running Raleigh is way better IMO (Durham is hilly AF!!)
lol they mean the operation of the city. The cities that are best managed/operated.
I’m thinking of making my own City Ranking site.
The grueling criteria will include the number of micro-breweries, if they have an amazing new library downtown, and you got to have spectacular water fountains. Hmm what else should we consider.