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Ok so they count San Jose as separate from San Francisco. I wonder about Norfolk and Colorado Springs.....well most are heavily dependent on the military I guess. I thought Seattle and Honolulu would have a more diiverse economic base. And whats the big business in Wichita? Meatpacking and agriculture?
Ok so they count San Jose as separate from San Francisco. I wonder about Norfolk and Colorado Springs.....well most are heavily dependent on the military I guess. I thought Seattle and Honolulu would have a more diiverse economic base. And whats the big business in Wichita? Meatpacking and agriculture?
They did it by metropolitan area. San Jose is its own metro.
Thought the Seattle rank was odd too.
Have no idea what the major industry in Wichita is.
I voted Las Vegas but forgot that there is Nellis AFB there and UNLV so that helps. If El Paso is considered a big city then I'd say that economy is pretty limited. The Majority of the jobs there are affiliated with Ft Bliss. And during every deployment therefrom the economy suffers.
Also I know it's not a big city but look how San Bernardino, CA fell off the face of the earth after Norton AFB shut down I think being apart of Greater Los Angeles is the only reason that place didn't turn into a ghost town.
if it's between Las Vegas and Orlando I would say it is Vegas without a doubt. As much as I despise 0rlando it does have a aerospace industry (e.g. Lockheed Martin, defense contractors) that one doesn't normally hear about but the economy in Orlando is either "feast or famine" as in the low paying tourist sector or the high paying tech & aerospace jobs.
I voted Las Vegas but forgot that there is Nellis AFB there and UNLV so that helps. If El Paso is considered a big city then I'd say that economy is pretty limited. The Majority of the jobs there are affiliated with Ft Bliss. And during every deployment therefrom the economy suffers.
Also I know it's not a big city but look how San Bernardino, CA fell off the face of the earth after Norton AFB shut down I think being apart of Greater Los Angeles is the only reason that place didn't turn into a ghost town.
I"m sure El Paso also does a lot of business in international trade with Mexico with its border location and is a major transportation center. THey have one of the busiest international border crossings in the world. San Bernarndino does indeed benefit a lot from being in the Greater LA area.
Ok so they count San Jose as separate from San Francisco.
Yeah, as a matter of technicality San Jose is a different MSA, but economically speaking the Bay Area has a very diverse and extremely complex economy and is a major hub of finance, manufacturing, transportation, energy, education, health care, trade & commerce and so on.
But since SJ is separate I suppose its worth mentioning that San Jose also has the fastest growing economy, the highest average wage, the highest per capita GDP, the highest number of Fortune 500 companies per capita, the most patents issued annually, is now the dominant player in wireless communications, social media, the global nexus of internet traffic, is the top recipient of venture capital in the world and is producing jobs at a faster rate than ANY major MSA at this time.
I voted Las Vegas but forgot that there is Nellis AFB there and UNLV so that helps. If El Paso is considered a big city then I'd say that economy is pretty limited. The Majority of the jobs there are affiliated with Ft Bliss. And during every deployment therefrom the economy suffers.
Also I know it's not a big city but look how San Bernardino, CA fell off the face of the earth after Norton AFB shut down I think being apart of Greater Los Angeles is the only reason that place didn't turn into a ghost town.
El Paso also has UTEP. So, there is a higher education presence there too.
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I think being apart of Greater Los Angeles is the only reason that place didn't turn into a ghost town.
