To move to a smart-city coach, a city that offers great prospects for Talenta technology, then you'll love the seven cities listed below. Each of the 7 cities below have intellectual ability above the average (intelligent populations), high-technology infrastructure, and a growing technology sector of work.

1. Seattle, WA – Forty-seven percent of the population of Seattle has a bachelor's degree or higher, making Seattle the "brain IEST-" the city of Seattle, USA is well known for their technology infrastructure (wireless city), and industry high-tech growing. Microsoft and Nintendo are both located in Redmond, just outside Seattle. The remarkable technology companies located in (or near) Seattle include Real Networks, tmobile, Amazon, Clearwire, Infopop, Zillow.com, and Expedia.com. Like San Jose and San Francisco, Seattle seems to attract many new Internet companies.

2. Austin, TX – Seattle, more than 40% of the population of Austin has a bachelor's degree. This is one of the highest percentages of the nation. Austin is the state capital, attracting talent from the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A & M University (Texas A & M is located in the neighboring resort University). The climate is warm and sunny in Austin and Texas has no state income taxes. Remarkable technology and engineering companies based in Austin include Dell Computers, National Instruments, and Austin Semiconductor.

3. San Francisco Bay Area, CA – San Francisco has always attracted people with intellectual talent and technology. Forty-five percent of San Francisco residents have bachelor's degrees, second only to Seattle, and Bay City ranks third highest concentration of graduate and professional degrees. The infamous dot-com era began in San Francisco, and today, the Internet and many companies software based in the Bay Area. Notable companies include BitTorrent, Craigslist, Blogspot, Digg, Google, Linden Lab (Second Life), Salesforce.com, Typepad, Technorati, Cnet, SBC Communications, and Sega.

4. Raleigh-Durham, NC – Raleigh-Durham, also known as "The Triangle", attracts some of the brightest minds because of its proximity to 3 major universities (Duke University, North Carolina State, UNC-Chapel Hill), and Research Triangle Park-an well-known company in biotechnology, and research center. 44% of Raleigh residents age 25 and older have bachelor's degrees. Notable Companies in the area of the triangle are: Cisco, IBM, Lenovo, SAS, Progress Energy, NetApp, and RBC Centura.

5. Atlanta, GA – Atlanta is becoming quickly in one of the cities fastest growing metropolitan areas in the southeast and is a virtual hotbed for technology workers. Forty-two percent Atlanta residents have a bachelor's degree or higher, and Atlanta is home to Georgia Tech and Georgia State. Companies headquartered in Atlanta notables include: AT & T, CNN, Cox Communications, Lucent Technologies, Data General, Hewlett-Packard, Earthlink, Home Depot, Delta Airlines, Lockheed Martin (Marietta), Siemens, SunTrust Bank, Equifax, and Web.com.

6. Colorado Springs, CO – Colorado may be described as a small Seattle scale-a technology center of rapid growth that is attracting highly educated workers. Colorado Springs is known for its aerospace research and military facilities, including Defense Command North U.S. Air (NORAD), Fort Peterson Air Force Base, and U.S. Air Force Academy. This mountain city has the lowest dropout rate secondary. (It's one of the two places with a dropout rate below 10 percent.) Notable Companies in Colorado Springs include: Hewlett-Packard and 17 other electronics companies most important combined employ over 10,000 people. Other companies with presence in the city include Oracle, T. Rowe Price, Progressive Insurance, and Amtel.

7. Washington, DC – It's no surprise that Washington DC has a strong technology industry since the city is the seat of federal government, the world of the institutes renowned research, lobbying firms, and one of the highest concentrations of law offices. More than a fifth of the residents of DC have or professional degrees, and notable companies in DC include: XM Satellite Radio, Carlyle Group, CSPAN, Lincoln Group, Allbritton Communications Company and Blue State Digital.

Are these the only options for high-tech cities? Of course not – here are some other cities of superior technology and target = "_new" rel = "nofollow" href = "http://www.kiplinger.com/features/archives/2006/05/intro.html"> than "smart" cities Explore your options and see which city is right for you.

Michelle Taylor is a real estate investor in the Southeast who loves finding great real estate deals, and writing about real estate, technology, and personal finance. She publishes economic articles, and information about real estate investing

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