Twenty Cities That Are Doing Better Than The Rest Of The Country

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Twenty Cities That Are Doing Better Than The Rest Of The Country

The Daily Beast has come up with a list slideshow of 20 "recession-proof" cities across the U.S. The 20 that made the list each showed growth since 2007 in three categories: overall employment, per capita personal income, and metropolitan area gross domestic product (GDP).

Here are the top 10; you can see the full list and the stats for each city at the Daily Beast.

1. Jacksonville, NC

2. Fort Hood, TX

3. Fayetteville, NC

4. Baton Rouge, LA

5. Cedar Rapids, IA

6. Iowa City, IA

7. Harrisburg, PA

8. Cheyenne, WY

9. Worcester, MA

10. Washington, DC

11. Oklahoma City, Okla.

12. Rochester, Minn.

13. Philadelphia

14. Lafayette, La.

15. Rapid City, S.D.

16. Des Moines, Iowa

17. Rochester, N.Y.

18. Olympia, Wash.

19. New Haven, Conn.

20. Charlottesville, Va.

Article from: http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2010/08/27/20-recession-proof-cities.html
 
Kind of ironic how much our government blows and Washington, DC made the list :scratches:
 
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