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He's not President anymore so let's try to move on if we can.
I guess Huntsville, Alabama is one. Alabama's often seen as a joke, but Huntsville seems to be gaining respect.
Omaha, Nebraska. A relatively good economy and, not to get political, but the 2008 election gave it more attention than it normally gets due to the nature of how Nebraska deals with the electoral college.
I might also add Pittsburgh to the list. The economy has made a real turnaround there and it will probably be the one place in the Rust Belt that comes full circle.
2009 is soon to be behind us so....what US city brought us / was the biggest success story of 2009 based on political, economical, cultural or urban development issues?
Washington, D.C., thanks to the expanding federal government.
I mentioned Austin earlier but Houston and Dallas as well. In my homestate of NC raleigh seems to be doing the best. My hometown of Charlotte is struggling but doing better than others.
He's not President anymore so let's try to move on if we can.
I guess Huntsville, Alabama is one. Alabama's often seen as a joke, but Huntsville seems to be gaining respect.
Omaha, Nebraska. A relatively good economy and, not to get political, but the 2008 election gave it more attention than it normally gets due to the nature of how Nebraska deals with the electoral college.
I agree with Huntsville (Omaha, too). I'm living in Huntsville currently, and we've gotten tons of national exposure the past few years. It's all about jobs here, but that's not a bad foundation for something greater in the future. There's the natural beauty of the region ("mountains" and lakes), housing values that are holding up and even appreciating, a growing retail and arts scene...
2009 is all about recession-proof cities. Colorado Springs, Raleigh, Austin, DC, Huntsville, Omaha, Albuquerque, etc.
I think alot of mid-sized large cities are gaining respect. I've heard a great deal about Louisville -- its urban lifestyle and uniqueness and budding food and arts scene and historical "value" and its evolving downtown. The same can be said for Cincinnati and Pittsburgh.
As of the year 2007 North Charleston, SC was the 7th most dangerous cities in the country and even in 2008 it was the 10th. In 2009 it dropped to the 22nd and violent crime decreased 25% city-wide.
North Charleston also got the Boeing 787 assembly plant over a rival city in Washington. This won't have an immediate effect but will add lots of jobs directly and indirectly to the region and hopefully the city can come full circle from the closing of a major naval base and shipyard in the 90s. Perhaps the region can grow as a center for aircraft manufacturing.
Of course North Charleston (although the main commercial engine in the metro) is part of the Charleston metro area so I'd say the area did well. Probably not the most successful but still deserving of mention. Unfortunately the area lost jobs but the long term looks good because of seeds planted in 2009.
Washington DC is doing great with the current economy and its crime rate continues to drop.
Pittsburgh is notable for not being as hard hit by foreclosures or the general economic downturn as well as hosting a G20 summit this year and a Stanley Cup win. It also might have have bottomed out on its population loss (or have had it more or less stopped).
Houston! Grew by well over a million this decade, and has the largest economy in Texas now (passed up Dallas-Fort Worth).
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