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We all know the economy is struggling. We feel it at the gas pump and we watch our paychecks diminish with increased tax assessments. But while many of us hear the rumors of sequestration and layoffs plow through our companies, the nation faces a greater problem in low income areas. The number of households below the poverty line is increasing, and we are still missing about 2.6 million jobs compared to the employment levels of January 2008. But not every area of the country is struggling at the same rate. Some cities still have double digit unemployment while others are...

What cities are best positioned to grow and prosper in the coming decade? To determine the next boom towns in the U.S., Forbes, with the help of Mark Schill at the Praxis Strategy Group, took the 52 largest metro areas in the country (those with populations exceeding 1 million) and ranked them based on various data indicating past, present and future vitality. We started with job growth, not only looking at performance over the past decade but also focusing on growth in the past two years, to account for the possible long-term effects of the Great Recession. That accounted for...

What cities are best positioned to grow and prosper in the coming decade? To determine the next boom towns in the U.S., Forbes, with the help of Mark Schill at the Praxis Strategy Group, took the 52 largest metro areas in the country (those with populations exceeding 1 million) and ranked them based on various data indicating past, present and future vitality. We started with job growth, not only looking at performance over the past decade but also focusing on growth in the past two years, to account for the possible long-term effects of the Great Recession. That accounted for...