With its great weather, miles of sandy beaches, and major attractions, San Diego is known worldwide as one of the best tourist destinations. San Diego is also a location for cutting-edge businesses for telecommunications, biotechnology, software, electronics, and other major industries. Here's why San Diego is a great place to live and work:

• Top Life Science and Bioscience location (#4 Jones Lang LaSalle 2015)
• 14 advanced industries produce $42.1 B and pay $116,600/yr. on avg. (Brookings Institute)
• #1 Concentration of military/defense assets in the world (San Diego Military Advisory Council)
• #2 most inventive City in the world (Forbes 2013)
• Global connections- direct flights to Tokyo, London and Shanghai
• #1 most patent Sports and Active lifestyle sector with 1,200+ companies in the region. (San Diego Regional EDC)
• Home to University of California San Diego (UCSD) ranked #3 best public university in the U.S. and #17 in the world (World University Rankings, 2016)
• #1 lowest average commute times among peer cities. (Talent, Where San Diego Stands, 2016)
• National Geographic’s “World Smart Cities”, only city in North America to be selected. (2015)
• “Best Place to Launch a Startup” (Forbes 2014)
• Tourism sector has 34M annual visitors generating $9.9B in spending. Supports 173K jobs. (2015)
• 80+ Research Institutes in the region

(Updated August 10, 2016)