Top Ten Cities for Job Growth In 2009 (live, best, people)

[NowInWI]

According to Forbes Magazine, the top ten cities for job growth in 2009 are (in order):

Madison WI
Washington D.C.
Boston MA
Richmond VA
Milwaukee WI
Pittsburgh PA
Baltimore MD
Seattle WA
Houston TX
Dallas TX

[nature's message]

Milwaukee over Dallas?? Maybe I'm delirious, but I have never heard Milwaukee having similar job growth as Dallas or Houston (even though I live in Germany).

[NowInWI]

Originally Posted by nature's message

Milwaukee over Dallas?? Maybe I'm delirious, but I have never heard Milwaukee having similar job growth as Dallas or Houston (even though I live in Germany).

You can look it up on Forbes.com

[goozer]

Originally Posted by NowInWI

According to Forbes Magazine, the top ten cities for job growth in 2009 are (in order):

Madison WI
Washington D.C.
Boston MA
Richmond VA
Milwaukee WI
Pittsburgh PA
Baltimore MD
Seattle WA
Houston TX
Dallas TX

They may have to drop Richmond off this list given that Circuit City just abandoned their Chapter 11 efforts to reorganize the company and announced they are shutting down altogether. In total, 34,000 people will be losing their jobs, of which I imagine at least a few thousand are employed at the Richmond headquarters. Sad.

[Katarina Witt]

This was posted and discussed on the Pittsburgh forum. These Forbes lists are a joke. All of these cities have rising unemployment at the moment. The only one that's believeable is Madison, WI. More people will probably go back to college to ride out the recession.

[blkgiraffe]

Originally Posted by NowInWI

According to Forbes Magazine, the top ten cities for job growth in 2009 are (in order):

Madison WI
Washington D.C.
Boston MA
Richmond VA
Milwaukee WI
Pittsburgh PA
Baltimore MD
Seattle WA
Houston TX
Dallas TX

Last time I heard, Houston had gained the most jobs in the country. This list is crap.

[deturmind]

Originally Posted by NowInWI

According to Forbes Magazine, the top ten cities for job growth in 2009 are (in order):

Madison WI
Washington D.C.
Boston MA
Richmond VA
Milwaukee WI
Pittsburgh PA
Baltimore MD
Seattle WA
Houston TX
Dallas TX

Not true, at least not anymore. Massachusetts has almost as many people out of work that are working

Here is list, cut and pasted, no edits. Just the truth








[CENTER]Overall Rank 2009[/CENTER]
Area[CENTER]2009
Weighted
INDEX
2008 Nonfarm Emplymt (1000s)
Size 2009
Overall Rank
Movement
2009
Size
Rank[/CENTER]
1Odessa, TX 100.0 [CENTER]64.8
S
3
1[/CENTER]
2Grand Junction, CO 92.4 [CENTER]66.5
S
9
2[/CENTER]
3Longview, TX 90.0 [CENTER]98.4
S
10
3[/CENTER]
4Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 88.0 [CENTER]97.8
S
26
4[/CENTER]
5Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 87.9 [CENTER]128.4
S
63
5[/CENTER]
6Austin-Round Rock, TX 87.7 [CENTER]778.5
L
13
1[/CENTER]
7McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 87.6 [CENTER]221.1
M
13
1[/CENTER]
8Laredo, TX 87.1 [CENTER]91.3
S
51
6[/CENTER]
9Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 85.4 [CENTER]2,609.6
L
19
2[/CENTER]
10Tulsa, OK 85.1 [CENTER]436.6
M
131
2[/CENTER]
11Athens-Clarke County, GA 85.0 [CENTER]86.2
S
64
7[/CENTER]


Thank God I live in Texas.

[deturmind]

I scoured the forbes site. They had a link to this. Whomever made that list, well that's just it, they made it up...

Here is the link, I had forgot to post it. I also have heard it on the radio over and over. All Cities Rankings - 2009 New Geography Best Cities for Job Growth | Newgeography.com

[theSUBlime]

Boston, really? I couldn't get a job here if I was a free hooker and I'm attractive (or so I've been told)! LOL! I mean, I tried to get my old job back here and they told me they were full up.

My job back home in Houston is still hiring. Guess everyone's experience is different and it depends on the industry.

[deturmind]

Originally Posted by theSUBlime

Boston, really? I couldn't get a job here if I was a free hooker and I'm attractive (or so I've been told)! LOL! I mean, I tried to get my old job back here and they told me they were full up.

My job back home in Houston is still hiring. Guess everyone's experience is different and it depends on the industry.

Well I guess it is safer now that they caught the craig's list killer. Come back to Houston or even Austin. The most jobs in the nation. Corporate friendly, no income taxes and lower wages. The caveat is that you can buy a 2,000 SQ ft house in a good area for less that 150K. I move down here from Boston 4 years ago ... I will never go back. Are you really good looking? Ahh never mind ...