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That's fantastic news. Tied with Seattle, that's first-tier company to be sure.
A 31% gain in employment will, more than anything, retain young professionals and further our work in creating the type of city we all want Columbia to become.
This is a joke, right? I'm not trying to be a troll or cause a fuss, but honestly, I'm not seeing Columbia as a hot job market like DC or Atlanta or some Florida metros. If it is based of pure number of jobs, maybe. However, I'm not seeing where Columbia is offering the high paying professional jobs that other top 10 metros offer, just lower-paying hourly jobs like the ones at the Amazon warehouse and such.
This is a joke, right? I'm not trying to be a troll or cause a fuss, but honestly, I'm not seeing Columbia as a hot job market like DC or Atlanta or some Florida metros. If it is based of pure number of jobs, maybe. However, I'm not seeing where Columbia is offering the high paying professional jobs that other top 10 metros offer, just lower-paying hourly jobs like the ones at the Amazon warehouse and such.
Yeah but many of those top 10 metros coke with either insane housing prices (say in DC) and/or crazy traffic with mostly suburb living (ATL). That higher salary will get sucked away quick. Suburbs in really large cities are even more annoying because it's like it takes forever to even go to the city. I used to see dating profiles where people in atl would say please don't message me if you live outside the perimeter.
This is a joke, right? I'm not trying to be a troll or cause a fuss, but honestly, I'm not seeing Columbia as a hot job market like DC or Atlanta or some Florida metros. If it is based of pure number of jobs, maybe. However, I'm not seeing where Columbia is offering the high paying professional jobs that other top 10 metros offer, just lower-paying hourly jobs like the ones at the Amazon warehouse and such.
Forbes isn't known for making joke lists. And what Florida metro is in the same job league as DC?!
My LinkedIn has been full of job postings for IT in Columbia lately. There is a lot more depth to the job market here than hourly work at Amazon.
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This is a joke, right? I'm not trying to be a troll or cause a fuss, but honestly, I'm not seeing Columbia as a hot job market like DC or Atlanta or some Florida metros. If it is based of pure number of jobs, maybe. However, I'm not seeing where Columbia is offering the high paying professional jobs that other top 10 metros offer, just lower-paying hourly jobs like the ones at the Amazon warehouse and such.
This list is for small and midsized metros, not large metros along the lines of Atlanta and DC.
With state government, a plethora of banks and insurance companies, and USC, Columbia certainly offers more than low hourly wage jobs. A true boom in knowledge-based, high-wage jobs would be great though and I hope that happens sooner rather than later.
Yeah but many of those top 10 metros coke with either insane housing prices (say in DC) and/or crazy traffic with mostly suburb living (ATL). That higher salary will get sucked away quick. Suburbs in really large cities are even more annoying because it's like it takes forever to even go to the city. I used to see dating profiles where people in atl would say please don't message me if you live outside the perimeter.
It's really not quite as horrible as you're making it out to be. Let's not forget that many suburbs are job centers in their own right and everyone isn't going into the city for work, and for those who are, many have the option to take mass transit as opposed to driving. But this list is for small and midsized metros, not large metros.
It's really not quite as horrible as you're making it out to be. Let's not forget that many suburbs are job centers in their own right and everyone isn't going into the city for work, and for those who are, many have the option to take mass transit as opposed to driving. But this list is for small and midsized metros, not large metros.
I guess I was thinking moreso not where you go to work but when you want to explore the city or go for a evening in the city. How easy is this for the average ATL suburbanite person, etc. But you're right... there's a reason people move to these places. If it was too bad I'm sure people would just stop moving to these places but don't see that happening .
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