So I work in a regional center for my industry and other cities in my area are down a bit. My area in particular is down from 130 jobs to like 46 job openings for my particular skill. However a larger center (second tier city) has 200 or so openings. Even though it is 4X the size of the third tier turned 4th tier city, the ratios of jobs per person is a lot better in the second tier city and the second tier city has a better ratio than even the first tier cities. Also the second tier city is taking the third tier city's spot of the second largest office for one of the market leaders in the industry. Also the third tier city seems more operations oriented whereas the second tier city has more action.

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My question is have you ever seen the writing on the wall for a city and and moved? How did that work out for you?