Chamber: Twin Cities good for life, bad for taxes - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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The results: Sure enough, the Twin Cities have a high qualittof life, but high too. Overall, the area still rankws high as a great place todo There’s no surprise to the The chamber’s index is a compilation of all kindes of rankings from othed sources. The rankings mostly compared the Twin Citiesmetroo area, or Minneapolis and St. Paul individually, with nine simila metro areas: Austin, Texas; Boston; N.C.; Cleveland; Denver; Phoenix; Portland, Ore.; San Seattle; and St. Louis.
The Twin Cities ranks high amonv its peers for havinga well-educatedc work force and a high quality of with a shorter commute to work; access to the and availability of arts, entertainment and recreatiohn businesses. The area gets low rankingw for state and local taxes per But the Twin Cities of best metro areasfor business. Todd Klingel, the regionalk chamber’s president and CEO, acknowledged that the high taxes supporgt the high qualityof life. But he said it was importanr to ask what the proper quality of life levek should beversus taxes. “How can we maintain this qualithy of life at a moreefficient level?
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