The Next Hot Youth-Magnet Cities

(Community Matters) WSJ article

We asked six experts which 10 cities will emerge as the hottest, hippest destinations for highly mobile, educated workers in their 20s when the U.S. economy gets moving again. Our panelists—demographers, economists, geographers and authors on urban issues—picked their cities based on the criteria they deem most important, from economic diversity to lifestyle.

Right now Washington is a magnet. It has become the new New York

First place: (tie) Washington DC & Seattle
Third place: New York
Fourth place: Portland, OR
Fifth place: Austin

Hat Tip: Stephen Walls

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