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

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The results: Sure enough, the Twin Citiezs have a high qualityof life, but high too. Overall, the area still rankss high as a great place todo There’s no surprise to the The chamber’s index is a compilation of all kinds of rankingz from other sources. The rankings mostly compared the Twin Citiewsmetro area, or Minneapolids and St. Paul individually, with nine similar metro areas: Austin, Texas; Boston; N.C.; Cleveland; Denver; Phoenix; Portland, Ore.; San Seattle; and St. Louis.
The Twin Citieas ranks high among its peers for havinga well-educateds work force and a high quality of with a shorter commute to work; accesz to the Internet; and availability of entertainment and recreation businesses. The area gets low rankings for states and local taxesper capita. But the Twin Cities of best metrio areasfor business. Todd Klingel, the regionapl chamber’s president and CEO, acknowledgee that the high taxes support the high qualitof life. But he said it was importangt to ask what the proper quality of life levell should beversus taxes. “Hoq can we maintain this quality of life at a more efficient he said.