Greenville recovering well from the recession. (Columbia: unemployment rate, schools, education)

[g-man430]

Greenville MSA ranks 12th with biggest drop in unemployment rate and 31st overall in the country for economic recovery according to Brookings Institution: Metro Monitor - December 2012 | Brookings Institution Compare that with Columbia (73rd overall), Greensboro (67th overall), and Augusta (63rd overall). Full map here: http://www.brookings.edu/research/in...ery-overall-nv

[Made_it_To_the_Metroplex]

Sounds about right. Everything I'm reading about the Dallas/Ft Worth area (one of the strongest regional economies in the country) is in most ways mirrored on a smaller scale here.

[Valien]

always good news. Been less than 1% in the IT sector and been that way for years now. Takes us forever to find talented software developers because all the good ones are all working! We just hired a guy from another company because there is 0 availability of developers out of work in this area.

So tell everyone you know to become good software developers. No job shortages there!

[GSP101]

Originally Posted by g-man430

Greenville MSA ranks 12th with biggest drop in unemployment rate and 31st overall in the country for economic recovery according to Brookings Institution: Metro Monitor - December 2012 | Brookings Institution Compare that with Columbia (73rd overall), Greensboro (67th overall), and Augusta (63rd overall). Full map here: Metro Monitor - December 2012 | Brookings Institution

Gman, have you read much about this study? I am curious because the location quotient for Columbia's education was .67. I would have expected that to be well above 1 with the number of schools in the area. Any ideas?

[Mohtalim]

I thought Obama was driving SC off a cliff and we were going to successfully secede this time!