SLO in the News
San Luis Obispo is known globally as a place with a high quality of life. Its reputation as one of the best places to live is a primary reason why business owners and their employees consider moving and staying here. Find out from others why this town is the best place for you.
"It’s a small, beautiful town which actually has all that you’d want from a larger town," says Don Wildman, host of Off Limits and Mysteries at the Museum on the Travel Channel. "It’s like Santa Barbara, but not too much."
- Forbes's, America's Prettiest Towns
"A big part of the cool vibe comes from state university Cal poly, which is also one of the biggest employers in the region. Newer job opportunities include solar and high-tech companies, and telecommuting is a viable option."
- Men's Journal, 18 Coolest Towns in the U.S.
"San Luis Obispo paints a really good picture of the way we ought to be setting up our cities. ... San Luis Obispo has the best emotional health in the country and the highest level of well-being, I believe, because they have a dozen or so things going for them that were put in place in the late 1970s."
- National Geographic, Secrets of the Happiest Places on Earth
"For his 2008 best-seller, The Blue Zones , Dan Buettner searched the world for the truth about longevity. In his new book, Thrive, out Oct. 19, he tackles the topic of happiness. ... One utopia his travels took him to is San Luis Obispo, near California’s Central Coast, where joy seems to be in the tap water."
- Parade Magazine, Lessons from Happy Town, USA
"The presence of academic heavyweight Cal Poly helps anchor the local economy- the unemployment rate is well below the national average. It's fortunate that local jobs are plentiful, since it's too far to commute to Los Angeles or the Bay Area."
- Yahoo! Real Estate, The Ten Best Places to Live
"It's fortunate that local jobs are plentiful, since it's too far to commute to Los Angeles or the Bay Area. Considering further its low crime and unemployment rates, the San Luis Obispo area seems to have it all."
- Sperling's Best Places, The Ten Best Places to Live
"John Ewan, owner of the Pacific Energy Co., likes being less than 10 minutes from rural countryside and a variety of beaches. Pacific Energy has installed hundreds of off-the-grid solar energy systems in SLO, the nickname for the city."
- Mother Earth News, 9 Great Places You’ve Never Heard Of: San Luis Obispo, California
"Forbes looked at 161 of the country's largest metropolitan statistical areas (or metros) ... where sales activity had picked up over the last year, but where foreclosure sales, as a percentage of overall sales were the lowest."
- Forbes, Best Cities For A Housing Recovery
"In San Luis Obispo, CA, chefs are turning the locavore movement on its head. Instead of having food come to them, they’ve moved their kitchens to where the best food is produced: SLO County..."
- Sunset Magazine, In the West: 20 towns of the future
"San Luis Obispo is wired in more ways than one: The area's fiber optic lines create superior connectivity. Not surprisingly, high tech businesses flourish, as well as engineering and architecture firms."
- CNN Money, 100 best places to live and launch
"It has rolling hills, lush vineyards and a historic mission -- and it's only 10 miles from the Pacific. But San Luis Obispo has something else: A thriving Internet community. Come here for work and play."
- The Industry Standard on BNET, Best New Places to Get Away From it All
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