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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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  Defining the Middle Class

  Jeffrey Hill | Thu, Dec 20th, 2007 | Category: Commentary | Tags: jeffrey hill, suburbs, average, salary, defining the middle class, what is the middle class, chicago tribune, middle class | 4

  I recently read this article in The Chicago Tribune concerning the ambiguous definition of the “middle-class” and how freely the term is tossed around in conversation, the media and in politics. The article cites a number of studies, including one by the U.S. Census Board. The combination of results placed the “middle-class” mark between 40,000 and 100,000 dollars of income per year, per family. As you can see by these “scientific” results, the divide between poverty and…

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