Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine has a new list of "Best Cities for All Stages of Life" and full city rankings based on cost of living, creative class salary growth and a Bohemian Indicator.
Milwaukee holds its own on the new list with a Bohemian Indicator of 111. This score beat out cities like Chicago, Indianapolis, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Dayton, Pittsburgh, Houston and even Phoenix.
The Bohemian Indicator shows the concentration of writers, designers, musicians, actors and other arts-related workers, based on the national average being 100. Creativity, of course, drives success in many communities. Boulder, if you were wondering, topped the list with a 201.
Other Wisconsin cities on the list include Madison and Green Bay. Both of these cities made the top 25 in various categories, but Green Bay was near the bottom for its Bohemian Indicator.
The publication, in partnership with Richard Florida, a professor of public policy at George Mason University, author of "The Rise of the Creative Class," and frequent speaker in Madison and Milwaukee, ranked 167 U.S. metropolitan areas.
A life-long and passionate community leader and Milwaukeean, Jeff Sherman is a co-founder of OnMilwaukee.
He grew up in Wauwatosa and graduated from Marquette University, as a Warrior. He holds an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University, and is the founding president of Young Professionals of Milwaukee (YPM)/Fuel Milwaukee.
Early in his career, Sherman was one of youngest members of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, and currently is involved in numerous civic and community groups - including board positions at The Wisconsin Center District, Wisconsin Club and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. He's honored to have been named to The Business Journal's "30 under 30" and Milwaukee Magazine's "35 under 35" lists.
He owns a condo in Downtown and lives in greater Milwaukee with his wife Stephanie, his son, Jake, and daughter Pierce. He's a political, music, sports and news junkie and thinks, for what it's worth, that all new movies should be released in theaters, on demand, online and on DVD simultaneously.
He also thinks you should read OnMilwaukee each and every day.
