{"id":5043,"date":"2019-10-10T10:08:10","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T14:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freelancinggig.com\/blog\/?p=5043"},"modified":"2022-12-21T08:21:13","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T12:21:13","slug":"best-u-s-cities-for-freelancers-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freelancinggig.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/10\/best-u-s-cities-for-freelancers-in-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Best U.S. Cities for Freelancers in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to Neighborhood.com, the top city for freelancers<\/a> in the U.S. is Spokane,\nWashington. Spokane is a city in eastern Washington state, about 228.42 miles\n(367.61 Kilometers) from Seattle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the rankings, they analyzed data from more\nthan 150 cities and compared those cities across five metrics: median rent,\naverage internet speed, number of coffee shops per capita, income<\/a> taxes (based\non the median freelancer income of $52,074), and ease of getting around that is\nbased on the average of a combined walkability, transit, and biking score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are concerned about internet speed, then the best place to be a freelancer or solopreneur is Texas, specifically Austin, San Antonio and Garland. Check out these apartments for rent in San Antonio, TX<\/a>. According to BroadbandNow data, these cities have download speeds of 60 Mbps or faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Neighborhood.com, their grading metric is\nbased on a 100-point scale, and to determine an overall score, each city’s\nweighted average was calculated across all metrics, including these below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n