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Top 10 Cities

Top 10 Cities For African Americans 2007

Our Editors and Readers Select the Best Places to Live, Work and Play. For most, living the good life includes high-paying jobs, affordable homes, a vibrant social life and short commutes. How can you achieve such a first-rate lifestyle? Well, we identified 10 locales that promise a trove of business, professional and personal opportunities. In assessing the locations, we actually looked at metropolitan areas-the core cities and surrounding suburbs. Survey participants were satisfied overall with earnings potential, entrepreneurial opportunities, jobs and more.

Top 5: BE 100s

1 World Wide Technology
2 CAMAC International
3 Bridgewater Interiors
4 Act-1 Group
5 Phil. Coca-Cola Bottling
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Top 5: Colleges

1 Florida A&M University
2 Howard University
3 N. Carolina A&T State
4 Harvard University
5 Spelman College
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Top 5: Cities

1 Washington, D.C.
2 Atlanta, GA
3 Raleigh, NC
4 Houston, TX
5 Nashville, TN
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Top 5: Black Women in Business

1 Adrian E. Bracy
2 Ursula M. Burns
3 Susan Chapman
4 Edith W. Cooper
5 Jeri Devard
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Top 5: Wall Street

1 Doug Anderson
2 Ronald E. Blaylock
3 Napoleon Brandford III
4 Eddie C. Brown
5 Bernard B. Beal
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Top 5: Lawyers

1 Dennis W. Archer
2 Michael A. Battle
3 Sharon Y. Bowen
4 Michael C. Banks
5 Isaac K. Byrd Jr.
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Blogging the Top Cities

We counted down the top cities with a personal touch from residents in each of our top picks. See if you agree.

Once you've read their stories add your own point of view


Top Cities

What is the most important factor in making a City great?


Job Market

Low Crime

Entrepreneurial Opportunity

Good schools

Black Political Clout

Price of Housing

Cost of Living




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