Uneven recovery in the decade since the Great Recession. (San Jose Mercury News, 12/14/2017)
But many Southern and Midwestern cities — from Greensboro, North Carolina, to Janesville, Wisconsin — have yet to recover from the loss of manufacturing jobs that have been automated out of existence or lost to competition from China, before and during the recession. Like others, they have fewer jobs and lower household incomes than before the downturn.
As you’ll see below, the U.S. economy contains a diverse and fragmented landscape of economic well-being—one in which many communities are flourishing, while far too many are left behind. (The 2017 Distressed Communities Index, Economic Innovation Group, September 2018)
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