Three cities in Colorado — a state whose fortunes have been tied to the boom and bust of oil, gas and other commodities — are among the top 10 leading destinations for the nation's best and brightest as old cow and mining towns morph into technology hubs, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Boulder, the small college town located just north of Colorado's capital, is ranked No. 1 nationally in the Bloomberg Brain Concentration Index, which tracks business formation as well as employment and education in the sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics. Fort Collins and Denver follow at No. 4 and No. 10, respectively.
Are the best and brightest taking up skiing, or seeking higher ground amid rising sea levels?
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 13 2017, @07:35PM (1 child)
Close, but no cigar.
They're shooting for those thousands of coal jobs that are sure to show up any day now!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 14 2017, @05:46AM
Coal? in Colorado? Not on the Front Range (Boulder, Ft Collins...). Thats either up in Wyoming (Wind River, Powder River basins) or western Colorado, Utah etc. But the big coal mines are in Wyoming.