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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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• Indianapolis, A.K.A. Las Vegas East

  Jeffrey Hill | Wed, Jun 11th, 2008 | City: Indianapolis | Tags: jeffrey hill, economy, jobs, casino, employment, lists, indiana live casino, indianapolis, indiana, gaming | 1

  What will a new casino provide the city of Indianapolis with, besides energy waste, an influx of poverty, hookers and an easy corporate state tax bail-out? Six-hundred-seventy jobs, a state of the art NASCAR sports grille and a dream to win it big.

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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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