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Old 02-06-2012, 02:48 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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Originally Posted by Gnutella View Post
Judging by the colors in the 12 "big" states (8,000,000+ population), it appears to me that Pennsylvania fared the best during the 2000's. Here's how I'd order them based on what I see:


Location quotient change by state with 8,000,000+ population (highest to lowest)
1. Pennsylvania
2. New Jersey
3. New York
4. Florida
5. Illinois
6. Virginia
7. Michigan
8. California
9. Ohio
10. North Carolina
11. Georgia
12. Texas
I'm surprised to see the three Sun Belt/Southern states rank so low in your opinion based off the map considering how much they've grown.
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Old 02-06-2012, 03:10 PM
 
Location: Philly
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I'm surprised to see the three Sun Belt/Southern states rank so low in your opinion based off the map considering how much they've grown.
it's important to remember what the map represents. as I understand it, it's saying the sunbelt states are adding non-degreed people at a faster rate than the national average...and it isn't necessarily a problem so long as there's work non-degreed people. on the whole, houston is probably a better place for those people than ny.
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Old 02-06-2012, 03:59 PM
 
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I'm surprised to see the three Sun Belt/Southern states rank so low in your opinion based off the map considering how much they've grown.
Yeah, it is all about HOW they have grown--and in fact our relative lack of such growth is part of how our attainment stats can be increasing so fast.

Whether it is a problem for those locales isn't immediately obvious, although I would suggest that at the least they need to be doing a good job improving the educational attainment of subsequent generations.
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Old 02-06-2012, 04:01 PM
 
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on the whole, houston is probably a better place for those people than ny.
I agree, although a lot of that is just because NYC isn't building enough places for such people to live. In other words, the rent is too damn high!
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Old 02-06-2012, 06:08 PM
 
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Not all of the smart people. Lol.
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Old 02-06-2012, 06:26 PM
 
Location: Philly
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I agree, although a lot of that is just because NYC isn't building enough places for such people to live. In other words, the rent is too damn high!
and the costs to build in ny are too damned high as well. in places like houston it's cheaper to build...plus there are a fair amount of jobs in the chemical and oil and gas sector there that don't require degrees (and some of those jobs and people are showing up in PA now, roughnecks and such).
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Old 02-06-2012, 09:14 PM
 
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True, although a lot of that extra cost in NYC is ultimately regulatory origin, including a share of land prices.
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Old 02-07-2012, 05:13 AM
 
Location: Virginia
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it's important to remember what the map represents. as I understand it, it's saying the sunbelt states are adding non-degreed people at a faster rate than the national average...
Some of that may have to do with retirees moving south. retirees tend to have less degrees than the younger generations.
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Old 10-27-2012, 11:41 PM
 
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This is a joke. These "educated young people"...where are they and exactly what is their education? It is an open secret that its extremely difficult to recruit qualified people for technology jobs in Pittsburgh....including just recent university graduates. If there are graduates, they appear to be receiving degrees that qualify them to do nothing.

Any company, family planning to establish an operation in Pittsburgh or move needs to be very careful and be sure to perform the proper due diligence. I would strongly recommend not relying on the locals and talk to people who have visited or moved from other regions (including those who left....especially those who left).

For those locals who will give the typical local response to my comments above.....I grew up in the region, came back to try and build a business here....and the time I was back helped me to remember why I wanted to leave so bad in the first place....
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Old 10-28-2012, 07:34 AM
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Location: Pittsburgh
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I grew up in the region, came back to try and build a business here....and the time I was back helped me to remember why I wanted to leave so bad in the first place....
Shame your business was a failure. I suspect that is your reasoning in your rant, because YOU couldn't cut it here in Pittsburgh, this finding can't be true. Again, sorry you couldn't cut it.
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