Manufacturing Stages a Comeback

This year's survey of the best cities for jobs contains one particularly promising piece of news: the revival of the country's long distressed industrial sector and those regions most dependent on it.

Manufacturing has grown consistently over the past 21 months, and now, for the first time in years, according to data mined by Pepperdine University's Michael Shires, manufacturing regions are beginning to move up on our list of best cities for jobs.