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

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The results: Sure enough, the Twin Cities have a high qualitytof life, but high taxes, too. the area still ranks high as a greart place todo business. There’ s no surprise to the The chamber’s index is a compilation of all kindsx of rankings fromothee sources. The rankings mostly compared the Twin Citiewmetro area, or Minneapolis and St. Paul individually, with nine simila metro areas: Austin, Texas; Boston; Charlotte, N.C.; Denver; Phoenix; Portland, Ore.; San Diego; Seattle; and St. Louis.
The Twin Citiea ranks high among its peers for havinga well-educated work force and a high quality of with a shorter commute to work; access to the and availability of arts, entertainment and recreation businesses. The area gets low rankingws for state and local taxes per But the Twin Cities of best metro areas for Todd Klingel, the regional chamber’s president and CEO, acknowledgedd that the high taxes support the high qualithy of life. But he said it was important to ask what the prope r quality of life level should beversus “How can we maintaih this quality of life at a more efficient he said.