Pew Research recently released a national survey which named Denver as the most popular big city in the country. Click here for summary and here for full report.
According to Pew:
"A new national survey by the Pew Research Center's Social & Demographic Trends project finds that nearly half (46%) of the public would rather live in a different type of community from the one they're living in now -- a sentiment that is most prevalent among city dwellers. When asked about specific metropolitan areas where they would like to live, respondents rank Denver, San Diego and Seattle at the top of a list of 30 cities, and Detroit, Cleveland and Cincinnati at the bottom.....These findings emerge from a wide-ranging telephone survey of a nationally representative sample of 2,260 adults, conducted Oct. 3-19, 2008."
I wonder how much Denver's results were influenced by the 2008 Democratic Convention which happened just a few months earlier. Being named the number one favorite city is a positive indicator of the Denver area's ability to attract top labor market talent and employers. It will be interesting to see how Denver fares in follow up surveys in subsequent years.
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