Why are business types not flocking to Provo?
Utah County civic leaders were on a high earlier this month after learning Provo ranked among the top 10 American cities in which to start a business or career. Provo, with its high number of college grads, low pay scales and crime-free streets, came in sixth in a Forbes magazine survey, behind predictable leaders such as Madison, Wis.; Austin, Texas; Washington, D.C.; and Atlanta. Salt Lake City ranked 65th. By Glen Warchol The Salt Lake Tribune http://www.sltrib.com/2004/May/05222 … /168686.asp Provo proudly displays the Forbes ranking on its Internet home page. Unfortunately, Forbes could not leave well enough alone and asked its online readers to vote for the city among the top 10 to which they would be unlikely to move. Readers were asked: “Which City would you least like to relocate to?” They put Provo at a dismal No. 2, after humid, crime-ridden and expensive Washington, D.C. “There’s a perception that there is such a tight Mormon network here. It can be perceived as something
