5 more cities recommended for accounting and finance workers.

There’s really one major reason for providing some more cities suitable for job seekers and that is to show people who feel like they might want to spread their wings and go somewhere else, that there are plenty of opportunities and relatively low costs of living in other cities in America.

Number 5 on this list is Colorado Springs, Colorado. Denver makes plenty of well-deserved headlines about it being a premier place to live, but Colorado Springs is giving the capital a run for its money. The cost of living is approximately 15% lower in Colorado Springs versus Denver, but the employment opportunities have been increasing at a much higher rate than they have been in Denver and Colorado Springs arguably might have more fun activities to do around the city. Obviously there’s going to be a lot of hiking and biking trails, you have the garden of the gods, also the world famous Pikes Peak and Colorado Springs is also ranked in the top 20 cities in the country in terms of air quality, Denver definitely can’t say the same.

Number 4 on the list is Indianapolis, Indiana. Indianapolis is the home to the greatest spectacle in motorsports on the entire planet, just the Indy 500 alone is reason enough to quit your job in the high-rise in Chicago and move to Indianapolis. It has a slightly better income to expense spread than Colorado Springs. The opportunity for employment there versus the cost of living is something cool.

Number 3 on the list is Columbus, Ohio. Still in the Midwest and it might sound surprising since Ohio’s probably one of the worst places on planet earth, but Columbus is very different from the rest of Ohio. 50 people per day on average throughout the year are moving to Columbus, Ohio right now, there are tons of job opportunities in Columbus in finance and e-commerce. You’ve probably heard of central park in New York City, well Columbus basically has around seven different central parks of its own, all connected to each other via paths, rivers and canals. Even though it’s flat terrain there’s not a lot of hiking to do, it makes for a really cool outdoor experience. `

Number 2 on the list is Syracuse, New York. Syracuse is here for a pretty important reason and it’s not because there are all that many exciting things to do in that area, but with New York City obviously being the financial hub of the world, it’s nice to have a city on this list that’s relatively close to New York. You can source a lot of business from people living and working in New York City, so even though Syracuse itself doesn’t have the biggest population or nearly the biggest population, it could potentially offer the biggest opportunity set of all the cities on this list with Wall Street not too far away.

Number 1 is Tampa. It lies within the state of Florida and this state does not charge any state income tax. Obviously you’re going to have a ton of sunshine, the cost of living is at least okay because the spread is good enough to put it on this list, but even relative to the other more popular cities in Florida, Tampa has a very low cost of living. There are almost like a hundred colleges and universities in the Tampa area, so if you wanted to do anything relative to academics in the finance field, this could be a good place to go for. There’s a lot of arts and culture too, but something cool that you can do in this city is greyhound dog racing. It’s basically like horse racing, they go around in a dirt track, you can place bets on different dogs, but you would not believe how fast these dogs can run in a circle.