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The Lynchburg region landed in 24th place in Forbes 2008 list of Best Places for Business and Careers, published in March.
Forbes ranked Lynchburg high in areas such as cost of doing business, cost of living, crime rate, job growth and net migration. Click here for a complete list of the 200 metros rankings.
* Lynchburg is the second-highest ranked region in Virginia
* Lynchburg is the second smallest metropolitan area in the top 25
* Lynchburg beat out cities such as Washington D.C., Virginia Beach, Denver, Houston, Charlotte, Phoenix, and Austin.
* Other Virginia cities ranked as follows: Richmond (7th), DC/NOVA (25th), Virginia Beach (28th) and Roanoke (98th).