Forbes Magazine Ranks 3 South Carolina Cities As Best Midsize Cities For Jobs

Despite what your Facebook friends may tell you about your need to leave South Carolina to pursue this great, luxurious, imaginary, better life – the statistics of comparing certain cities in South Carolina to many cities throughout the United States will have you rethinking your move to the ‘big city’.

As many Charlestonians know, Northerners are moving to Charleston, S.C. in droves, starting businesses, developing land and buying property like hotcakes. Meanwhile “Whoa is Me” Facebook is telling everyone that they need to pack up and move to another city in order to start a better life. (hint: what they won’t tell you is how they’re really living – more on that later)
On top of Conde’ Nast ranking Charleston, S.C. as the Number 1 City in the U.S. four years in a row, several cities in South Carolina are being recognized as the place to be to find jobs. Forbes magazine has ranked Charleston/North Charleston, S.C. at Number 7, Myrtle Beach, S.C. at Number 9, and Greenville/Anderson/Mauldin at Number 13 as the Best Midsize Cities for Jobs. The rankings are based on statistical data from the government, which includes employment stats and growth trends (mid-term, long-term, and growth momentum). Out of 421 current, metropolitan mid-size cities, S.C. has at least three in the top 20 for job growth.

So before you pack your bags, research and look at what is going on in your city. Take a look at who is moving to your town and who’s abandoning your town. Take a look at the types of corporations government officials are catering to and look at how your city is changing. Then ask yourself how you can take advantage of those changes to advance your own life. There is nothing wrong with moving to a new place, but just because it’s considered a “big city” doesn’t mean that city is experiencing growth for new opportunities.

There are many issues the State of South Carolina needs to address, but there are very powerful people that are realizing the potential that is within this small state, and that is the reason they’re abandoning places they’ve lived their entire lives in order to move to S.C. Our only hope is that locals will realize the same economic power that their cities hold and will learn how to get a piece of the pie before it’s all gone.