The author could not find a u.s. city and had to throw Toronto as her number TWO on the list, there are more Canadian cities that could replace most of the cities the author mention, Calgary for instance has an unemployment rate around 5.1 % and number five on the list of the most livable cities in the world, but again is in Canada.

if the article is comparing low cost of life and ample IT opportunities regardless of the location (as the author might think that all countries that speak English are part of the U.S.) they might as well cite Mumbai, India as a choice...