"Best of" Awards

How does Tulsa size up?

No. 1 Place to Live in the U.S. (Relocate America 2009)
No. 1 metro for cost of living (Business Facilities 2009)
No. 2 mid-sized city for jobs and No. 10 among all cities (Forbes2009)
No. 2 “pay-raise” city in the U.S. (Forbes 2009)
No. 2 metro for quality of life (Business Facilities 2009)
No. 5 on America's Most Livable Cities list (Forbes.com, 2009)
5th best metro region in the nation to ride out the U.S. recession (Forbes.com 2008)
2nd shortest commute time in the nation
No. 2 mid-sized city for jobs (Forbes.com 2009)
No. 7 strongest U.S. metro economy (Business Week 2009)
No. 8 small city of the future (fDi magazine 2009)
No. 5 on America’s Most Livable Cities list (Forbes 2009)
No. 1 U.S. city likely to escape the commercial real estate slump (U.S. News & World Report 2009)
5th strongest market for residential real estate through September 2009 (Forbes 2009)
9th best city for real estate bargains (MSN Real Estate 2009)
One of America’s top hot real estate markets (CNNMoney 2009)
Cost of living 8.6 percent below the national average
Per capita county income 16 percent above the national average
15th in the nation for the highest rate of high school graduation
5th-lowest cost for doing business in the nation
2 to 3 times lower property taxes than the national average
One of America’s top “hot real estate markets" (CNNMoney)

Tulsa is home to

America’s Favorite Zoo (2005)
The nation’s largest young professional organizations
The country’s best chamber of commerce (2008)
America’s largest community foundation
The USA’s all-time winning team in af2 (arena football) history
The world’s largest aircraft maintenance facility (American Airlines)
One of the best places in the nation to work (Quik Trip Corp., Fortune Magazine)