According to Forbes, The Best U.S. Cities For Jobs are in Red States.

[AllieB]

This article is biased but still worth a read:

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=7183746&page=1

Excerpt:

Democratic states are glaringly absent from the top of the list. You don't get to a traditionally blue state -- in a departure from past years, Obama won North Carolina -- until you get to Olympia, Wash., and Seattle, which ranked No. 6 among the large cities.

But political changes afoot could affect the trajectory of many of our fast-growing communities -- and not always in positive ways. It's possible that the Obama administration's new energy policies, which may discourage domestic fossil fuel production, could put a considerable damper on the still-robust parts of Texas and elsewhere where coal, oil and natural gas industries are still cornerstones of economic success.

By contrast, the wind- and solar-power industries seem to be, as of now, relatively small job generators, and with energy prices low, endeavors in these areas are sustainable only with massive subsidies from Washington. But still, if these sectors grow in size and profitability, other locales that have not typically been seen as energy hubs over the past few decades may benefit -- notably parts of California, although Texas and the Great Plains also seem positioned to profit from these developments.

Another critical concern for some communities is the potential for major cutbacks on big-ticket defense spending. This would be of particular interest to communities in places like Texas, Oklahoma and Georgia where new aircraft are currently assembled. Over the years, blue states like California have seen their defense industry shrivel as the once-potent Texas Congressional delegation and the two Bushes tilted toward Lone Star State contractors.

These days it's big-city mayors and big blue-state governors who are looking for financial support from Obama. Northeast boosters are convinced more money on mass transit, inter-city rail lines and scientific research will rev up their economies. Boston -- No. 16 on the list of large cities and a leading medical and scientific research center -- could be a beneficiary of the new federal spending.

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Is this another example of federal tax money being siphoned from Blue States to support Red States? I'm interested in thoughts and opinions. Thanks!

[sam sarrha]

1. they are well fed on pork... the other White meat

[Xipe Totec]

2. Only if you accept the premise as fact

According to this article, Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, New York, and San Diego are not places to find jobs?

Uh, yea, I can believe that... :eyes:

[AllieB]

3. Exactly. They're trying to paint blue states in a bad light.

They are trying to support the meme that these red state metro areas are worthy of investment, and these older more developed urban areas are has-beens.

[jwirr]

4. Jobs with a living wage or just jobs?

[AllieB]

5. Dupe

[AllieB]

6. I wonder about that. What percentage are service jobs?

Even with low housing costs and lower costs of living, service jobs don't pay for much.

[stray cat]

7. Living wage is alot less in most red states than cities like NYC

[jwirr]

8. Even so I am willing to bet that most of these jobs do not allow the

workers to meet that low cost of living. I have lived in rural NE and it was cheap living but many jobs only paid minimum wage. The poor were still with us.

[AllieB]

9. Exactly. Heat and electricity rates are pretty expensive everywhere.

Food is also. My parents winter in a supposedly inexpensive area of FL, and the food and gas prices are way higher than in Massachusetts, which supposedly has a higher cost of living. While it's true that housing is more expensive here, in FL they tax just about everything to make up for the lack of income tax.