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6 Best Cities for Starting Over in 2012, way to go Lawton #4!
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<blockquote data-quote="Old Fart" data-source="post: 1678880" data-attributes="member: 4899"><p>Article:</p><p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/6-best-cities-for-starting-over-in-2012.html" target="_blank">http://finance.yahoo.com/news/6-best-cities-for-starting-over-in-2012.html</a></p><p></p><p>Fourth-best starting-over city (tie): Lawton, Okla. / Logan, Utah</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: #B22222">Population: 114,600</span></strong> / 123,800</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #B22222"><strong>Lawton combines a low 5.6% jobless rate with a high 15.9% singles rate.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #B22222"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #B22222"><strong>Sperling attributes both to the presence of the Fort Sill U.S. military base, which pumps an estimated $1.9 billion into the local economy and hosts some 16,000 troops. Lawton also has a large Goodyear (Stock Quote: GT) tire plant, as well as major government, health care and educational employers.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #B22222"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #B22222"><strong>Put it all together and the city "offers a low cost of living, a small-town atmosphere and a stable economy," Sperling says. "It also sits in a very nice spot on the edge of the Wichita Mountains."</strong></span></p><p></p><p>Logan, Utah, boasts just 5.7% unemployment and a 16.4% singles percentage.</p><p></p><p>Utah State University contributes to both, while the city's high-tech, biomedical, food-processing and call-center employers also give the local economy a big boost.</p><p></p><p>Sperling adds that Logan offers "tremendous quality of life if you love the outdoors. Utah's mountains offer skiing, snowboarding, cycling -- all sorts of things."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old Fart, post: 1678880, member: 4899"] Article: [url]http://finance.yahoo.com/news/6-best-cities-for-starting-over-in-2012.html[/url] Fourth-best starting-over city (tie): Lawton, Okla. / Logan, Utah [B][COLOR="#B22222"]Population: 114,600[/COLOR][/B] / 123,800 [COLOR="#B22222"][B]Lawton combines a low 5.6% jobless rate with a high 15.9% singles rate. Sperling attributes both to the presence of the Fort Sill U.S. military base, which pumps an estimated $1.9 billion into the local economy and hosts some 16,000 troops. Lawton also has a large Goodyear (Stock Quote: GT) tire plant, as well as major government, health care and educational employers. Put it all together and the city "offers a low cost of living, a small-town atmosphere and a stable economy," Sperling says. "It also sits in a very nice spot on the edge of the Wichita Mountains."[/B][/COLOR] Logan, Utah, boasts just 5.7% unemployment and a 16.4% singles percentage. Utah State University contributes to both, while the city's high-tech, biomedical, food-processing and call-center employers also give the local economy a big boost. Sperling adds that Logan offers "tremendous quality of life if you love the outdoors. Utah's mountains offer skiing, snowboarding, cycling -- all sorts of things." [/QUOTE]
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