Neighbouring city Durham achieves similar scores for various metrics, but has slightly more property crime and a marginally lower median household income. Fifth-placed Charlotte – comfortably the state’s biggest city by population – is boosted by strong population growth (2.58%) and GDP growth (2.5%). 

At the other end of the scale, California is well represented in the list of most risky cities for small businesses, with eight in the top 15. The majority of these are within the Los Angeles metropolitan area and rank highly when it comes to corporate taxes, living costs and natural disasters that could negatively impact a young venture.

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