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Originally Posted by mhays25
Sacramento, San Antonio, etc., might have fine economies, but they're not high-wage economies.
It's probably unfair to expect otherwise. High-wage jobs are focused on relatively few metros...the typical list of coastal cities mainly.
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Again though, what is the comparison base? It would be unfair to expect Sacramento to out-earn larger, wealthier cities...
Within its peer group the only cities that offer higher wages are Austin, Pittsburgh, Nashville, and Kansas City. Sacramento has a much more consistent economic base than San Antonio...
I just think that because Sacramento is so far under the radar, we tend to assume things about it that don't reflect reality. Sacramento is just fine, it definitely doesn't deserve mention in a thread singling out high population growth but poor economies...