As some of my coworkers may or may not know, before working at American Public University System, and just after graduating from graduate school, I worked as a part-time employee at a non-profit organization at the height of the recession. During that time, I met more than a few families who left their hometown in search of a more hospitable job market. It is not that these family’s breadwinners lacked the necessary skills or experience to be competitive; rather, the job market and unemployment rate that they were fleeing was so extreme, there simply were not any opportunities to be had. In light of this fact, with the recession now (technically, though we are still suffering its grim effects) in the “rear view mirror” many commentators and economists have begun or continued to look at which American cities are most conducive to growth and job seekers.
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