Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Alabama > Birmingham area
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
 
Old 07-23-2020, 12:57 PM
 
10,501 posts, read 7,039,478 times
Reputation: 32344

Advertisements

The Brookings Institute offers statistics on how respective metros are faring in their recoveries from COVID-19. Birmingham is doing well overall compared to what they categorize as other Very Large Metros.

That is, as long as you consider "well" to be a relative term. Perhaps "Less Worse" is the more accurate way to put it. Data that didn't make it to the report? Birmingham metro's unemployment rate dropped in June to 7.5%.

Just scanning the numbers, I don't know how people in Las Vegas are making it.



https://www.brookings.edu/interactiv...ecovery-index/

Last edited by MinivanDriver; 07-23-2020 at 02:10 PM..
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 07-23-2020, 02:58 PM
 
Location: Birmingham
522 posts, read 847,165 times
Reputation: 187
Quote:
Originally Posted by MinivanDriver View Post
The Brookings Institute offers statistics on how respective metros are faring in their recoveries from COVID-19. Birmingham is doing well overall compared to what they categorize as other Very Large Metros.

That is, as long as you consider "well" to be a relative term. Perhaps "Less Worse" is the more accurate way to put it. Data that didn't make it to the report? Birmingham metro's unemployment rate dropped in June to 7.5%.

Just scanning the numbers, I don't know how people in Las Vegas are making it.



https://www.brookings.edu/interactiv...ecovery-index/
Thanks for posting this, as this is very informative and exciting about the resilience of our market, and state for that matter. Still, we have a long way to go.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 07-23-2020, 03:50 PM
 
10,501 posts, read 7,039,478 times
Reputation: 32344
Quote:
Originally Posted by bhamguy View Post
Thanks for posting this, as this is very informative and exciting about the resilience of our market, and state for that matter. Still, we have a long way to go.

Absolutely. It's not intended to be sunshine pumping. There is lots of work to be done. However, one of the hallmarks of past downturns is that Birmingham was always the market to take it on the chin, just like we did during the late 70s and the mortgage meltdown. So it's nice to see a little resiliency, comparatively speaking.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 07-29-2020, 02:12 PM
 
10,501 posts, read 7,039,478 times
Reputation: 32344
And Birmingham has just been named Best Business Climate among mid-sized metros by Site Selection Magazine. https://www.al.com/business/2020/07/...s-climate.html
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Settings
X
Data:
Loading data...
Based on 2000-2020 data
Loading data...

123
Hide US histogram

Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Alabama > Birmingham area
View detailed profiles of:

All times are GMT -6.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top