[lbo-talk] Gentrification shock

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sun Oct 10 15:53:47 PDT 2010


On Oct 10, 2010, at 6:41 PM, Chuck Munson wrote:


> Arlington looks like it is going through hyper-boom times while the
> rest of the country is headed towards third world conditions.

Between the beginning of the recession in December 2007 and the trough in employment in December 2009, the U.S. lost about 6% of its jobs (about 8.4 million). Washington DC gained 0.3%. Not a boom, at all but they sure avoided the bust.

Doug



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