Economics

These U.S. Cities Are Likely to Recover Faster From Lockdown

  • Boston; Bay Area; Madison, Wisconsin, lead in the ranking
  • Regions focused on tourism could have harder time coming back
Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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In normal times, it would be hard to find obvious similarities between Worcester, Massachusetts; Madison, Wisconsin; and California’s Bay Area.

But after being ravaged by a pandemic that caused nationwide lockdowns, these regions are among those poised for a relatively strong recovery from the coronavirus recession, according to a Bloomberg analysisBloomberg Terminal of the economic infrastructure and demographics of the 100 largest U.S. metropolitan areas.