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Old 09-30-2009, 07:11 AM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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I remember when Southern Company Services (not just Ala Power), South Central Bell, Rust Engineering, Healthsouth & all the banks had the city full of professionals. There certainly has been a loss of good, solid white-collar type jobs in the last 20 years. I know medicine is growing, but what else is going on in B'ham?
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Old 09-30-2009, 08:37 AM
 
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Good Lord. What a bunch of glass-half-full people. Look:

Birmingham ninth for income growth since ‘83 - Birmingham Business Journal:
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Old 09-30-2009, 10:54 AM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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I'm just asking, what's it based on? What is going on economically these days? I haven't been to B'ham in a few years. It just seems that all the companies my friends used to work for either no longer exist or moved operations elsewhere...
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Old 09-30-2009, 09:42 PM
 
Location: Alabama!
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For you half-empty people: Birmingham has a net job loss.
But then, so do 98 out of 100 other metros. 99 of top 100 metros suffer job losses - Birmingham Business Journal:
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