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  Picking the Perfect City in The Relocating Game

  Jeffrey Hill | Tue, Jun 24th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Bakersfield | Tags: jeffrey hill, philadelphia, detroit, california, economy, crime, education, energy, transit, city-data.com, nac, research, alaska, forbes, lists, parks, salary, juneau, relocating, moving, new city, city data, bakersfield | 9

  Next American City’s Jeffrey Hill is leaving Philadelphia, but not before a tiring search for a new city that, in a matter of a few weeks, turned him into a stockpile of statistics on the nuances of America. Hill reveals some hints and secrets on playing the relocation game.

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  City graduation rates, Harlem’s green building, Ralph Rapson dies, Next American City vs. Big Oil?

  Jeffrey Hill | Tue, Apr 1st, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: jeffrey hill, environment, news, detroit, building, energy, architecture, green, oil, minneapolis, harlem, forbes, austin, whole foods, toyota, ralph rapson | 0

  New reports shows 50 of the largest cities in the U.S. have high school graduation rates lower than 50 percent. Philadelphia City Council rethinks urban planning strategy. David & Joyce Dinkins Gardens, built in Harlem, features green standards and Next American City chosen as one of the panelists to grill big oil companies at new congressional hearing? Today’s headlines.

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  The day Forbes senior editor Kurt Badenhausen listed 10 “miserable” cities.

  Jeffrey Hill | Fri, Feb 1st, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: commentary, jeffrey hill, detroit, forbes, forbes.com, misery index, miserable cities, top 10, bill laimbeer, kurt badenhausen | 2

  There are people that cause problems and there are people who solve them. Life can be exciting when you get to the batter’s box—when it’s your turn to contribute your thoughts on a relevant issue and you’ve been given an audience. At The Next American City, stories and ideas are birthed from conception between problems and solutions. Whether it’s connecting our readers with innovative people or pointing the way towards resourceful information, TNAC’s modus operandi is to allow the reader…

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  Forbes reports cities with ridiculously small job growth

  Matt Stroud | Tue, Oct 23rd, 2007 | Category: Commentary | Tags: jeffrey hill, forbes, lists, small job growth, job growth | 0

  

  Just saw this, maybe a day late, but still worth mentioning. The obvious, unfortunate cities make appearances (Flint, Detroit, New Orleans), but San Francisco, San Jose and Cambridge, Mass. also top the board. Interesting to note how CareerBuilder massages shoulders: “If you are looking for and are having trouble finding work in one of these places, it may be that the supply of job candidates outnumbers the demand for workers.”

  Here‘s Forbes’ slideshow.

  Oh, and while we’re on the…

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