The COVID-19 pandemic pressured many people to change into homebodies. But some locations are higher than others for cozying up at house and binge-watching the newest Netflix hit.
It simply so occurs that Austin is without doubt one of the best U.S. cities for homebodies, at the least in line with one new rating.
Furniture retailer Joybird places Austin at No. 10 on its new checklist of the highest cities for homebodies. To develop the rating, Joybird examined 11 components for 50 of the most important cities within the nation. The components embody common web velocity, common lease, common yard measurement, and variety of openings for distant jobs.
Raleigh, North Carolina, tops the checklist. Joining Austin within the prime 20 are Dallas (No. 8), San Antonio (No. 16), and Houston (No. 19). New York City sits in final place.
Looking at it one other means, Texas is house to one-fifth of the highest 20 cities for homebodies.
“Part of the explanation Texas has so many cities with excessive total scores is the state’s web infrastructure,” Joybird explains. “One of probably the most highly effective web service suppliers obtainable to at the least among the normal American public proper now, Google Fiber, is obtainable in most of Austin, a few of Houston and San Antonio, and small elements of Dallas. For context, nearly all of states don’t have any entry to Google Fiber.”
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