Article: The rust belt is getting rustier: industrial cities rank at bottom of job index.

Cities located in the heartland of the country are in bad shape with regards to jobs and wages compared to those located in Florida and California, according to the Milken Institute's annual index of the country's most economically vibrant cities. "A remarkable finding of this year's index is that six of the top 10 best performing cities are located in Florida," says the study, which is subtitled "Where America's Jobs Are Created and Sustained."

Six cities in California and two in Arizona made it into the top 20 of the country's most vibrant cities. The Northeast landed two metros (Washington, D.C. and Camden, N.J.) in the top 20. Not a single city from the ...

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