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Cities with most job losses

Started by michaelkyleh
about 17 years ago
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Member since: Sep 2008
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23. Greensboro, down 100 jobs 24. Baltimore, down 200 jobs 25. Albany, down 500 jobs 25. Syracuse, N.Y., down 500 jobs 25. Tulsa, down 500 jobs 28. Little Rock, Ark., down 1,000 jobs 28. Modesto, Calif., down 1,000 jobs 28. Pittsburgh, down 1,000 jobs 31. Wichita, Kans., down 1,300 jobs 32. Greenville, S.C., down 1,600 jobs 33. Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, Pa., down 1,700 jobs 34. Portland, Maine, down... [more]
Response by oldbuyers
about 17 years ago
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Member since: Dec 2008

what's the source on this?

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Response by duvravcic
about 17 years ago
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Member since: Jan 2009

michaelkyleh, here is a concept that might help you make better sense of these numbers: PER CAPITA. Thanks.

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Response by kylewest
about 17 years ago
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Guess the per capita analysis makes some of this much more terrifying for some cities. In NYC there are 8.2 million people and 33,000 or so job losses. Compare that to Chicago with the same number of job losses but only 2.8 million people--that is, Chicago is about 1/3 the size of NYC but has the same number of job losses. So as tough as it seems in NYC right now, according to these numbers, things are 3x worse in Chicago in terms of job losses.

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Response by waverly
about 17 years ago
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Yeah, per capita has to be used. If a town has 10 people and 9 of them get laid-off that is a disaster, but if NYC loses 20 jobs not so much.

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