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Old 02-11-2017, 06:44 PM
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SLC and Indianapolis are not Po'.


If a city has the economy to support a pro NBA, MLB, or NFL team, it's not Po'.
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Uh, no. SLC is neither coastal (last I checked) nor Chicago. So it IS Po.

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So's Indianapolis, but I knew that already. I recently saw a list of 20 cities where one can "live well" on $60K. We were in the top 10.


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Houston? Minneapolis? Denver? Phoenix.
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Houston is not "po

Minn is.

Denver is kind of in the middle.
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We get single digit # of resumes for EL positions in the 'po and can't get much of anything for any experienced position.
What field are you in, and do you think that has anything to do with it? I wonder if what you're seeing would be more likely in one field.
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We get single digit # of resumes for EL positions in the 'po and can't get much of anything for any experienced position.
do you use recruiters?
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SLC and Indianapolis are not Po'.


If a city has the economy to support a pro NBA, MLB, or NFL team, it's not Po'.
HAHAHA they are soo Po'.
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Houston? Minneapolis? Denver? Phoenix.
Houston is not Po'. It's like the fourth largest city in the country.

The rest are pretty much Po's, although, I've never been there.
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Houston is not Po'. It's like the fourth largest city in the country.

The rest are pretty much Po's, although, I've never been there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...es_urban_areas

Phoenix is 12th in metro area population, so there are at most 11 non-Po areas in the US?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...es_urban_areas

Phoenix is 12th in metro area population, so there are at most 11 non-Po areas in the US?
Population correlates with non-po'-ness but isn't always an indicator. Out of the top 20 I would consider NYC, Chicago, Miami, Boston, SFO, and Seattle to be non-po.

LA is most definitely po', even though it's the 2nd largest city in the US.

Other examples of non-po cities would be London, Moscow, Shanghai, Berlin, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Chongqing.
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HAHAHA they are soo Po'.
As far as I can tell, to those who NY, any place but NY is the po. Which is cool with me. I actually like the po.
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