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Where are all our jobs going?

Latest study on "America's Top State for Business" in all 50 states ranks Massachusetts #28

They will be heading to Texas and Utah apparently.  At least according to CNBC's latest study of America's Top States for Business

Massachusetts' economy is suffering.  It looks like we will soon be home only to those attending college, too poor to move or so wealthy they don't need a job. The rest of us who must work to support ourselves and our families will have to have moved somewhere else to survive.

While I understand that we are an older state and we don't want to be over developed, but we have now fallen behind more that HALF the country.  We are behind Illinois!  Chicago has over 11,000 people per square mile to Boston's under 7,000 per square mile.

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