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Midwestern Cities Are Above Average
Job growth, income growth, affordable real estate -- what's not to love again about places like Columbus, Indiana?
A small Indiana town with big architecture, in "Columbus."
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The 21st century has not been great for the Midwest, economically speaking. Job growth and income growth have lagged the rest of the country. Its once-mighty manufacturing sector has been through struggle after struggle. The economic action has all been to the west, the south, even the east.
But there's this thing that sometimes happens after a place has been down in the economic dumps for a while. It starts crawling out. And in the meantime, housing's really cheap!