All four have the same unemployment as the rest of the country. And millions of illegals to hold down wages. Someone is blowing smoke up something.
Nice to see Nashville at #3. Great place to live and getting better.
Tell it to Forbes...
Actually, at least 80% of the illegals have left the Triangle. They used to be thick as cockroaches here.
Actually, this article was probably issued by the respective local real estate communities. We call it the “cycle” here:
1. Yankees fail in their home state (or Florida, for halfbacks);
2. Sell anything they have left and move to NC;
3. Get a temp job (which is all that’s really available here);
4. Suffer more stress; lose family and house
5. Return to their real home, wiser and poorer
6. We profit off their life savings
Actually, a local radio wag termed this the “Yankee Cycle.”
I see it every day. When every neighborhood has an annual turnover in home ownership of 25%-50% (including mine), there’s something going on.
/Oh, and Cisco announced last week 300-400 layoffs in RTP, and my contacts at IBM say that the suits are converting ALL positions in the park to temps, except for the 25% H1b’s that are already there.
//So, ya’ll come on down. Or economy needs your life savings!
Oh say it ain’t really whodat with some piddley little Perry bash.