In this morning's email I received notice of a new headline in The Huffington Post - I enjoy this newsy blog because it's fresh, informative, sometimes brazenly biased [depending upon the writer of course] and all around enjoyable. The photo at left is of The Huffington Post's founder, Arianna Huffington. Great idea she had for this weblog.
Anyhow...the article is titled, "12 Best Cities to Find a Job: Juju.com's November index [in photos]." Here's my take on the list. WAIT! you holler and then ask me 'isn't Mosaic Mandalas supposed to be an ART blog?' Well, yes it is. The thing is...and here's my rationalization for this detour today...I used to write a blog about business with the catchy and original title of Linda's Business Blog. I discontinued that blog some months ago because my total focus is now my art business and all aspects of the art world. However the pull to stray into business land gets pretty strong. But to stay true to my now focus I did add "...but what about for selling Art?" to today's title.
Now back to my take on this list - I'm interested because unemployment in the software engineering industry has hit my house and friends of my husband hard the past few years...this year included, which has been nothing new here in California. So, at number 12 of cities with the best chance to get a job:
- #12 - San Antonio, Texas - the photo makes it look like a nice city to go to, but I'm a Californian born and raised. I've lived in other states for a time: Virginia, Michigan and Oregon; but California is home for me.
- #11 - Cleveland, Ohio - Cleveland, really? I found Michigan [which sits next door to Ohio doesn't it?] to be humid in summer and cold in winter. I attended Eastern Michigan University for my first two years of college and that was enough midwest for this west coast girl.
- #10 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin - I visited Wisconsin once and wondered where all the traffic was. Miles of interstate with no cars on it - live in the Bay Area of California for awhile and anything less than gridlock is cake.
- #9 - Denver, Colorado - I vacationed in Colorado one year. It was summer but was told stories about Colorado lightning storms that scared me enough I've never gone back. Visited in Marble and Vail - sorry, but I can get mountains and snow and upscale resorts in the CA state.
- #8 - Salt Lake City, Utah - that same Colorado vacation saw us go through Salt Lake City. Seemed okay but Utah is just not California.
- #7 - Austin, Texas - here we are talking about Texas again. But here's the thing - the photo in the article shows a big city with heavy traffic...I can get that right here on the 580.
- #6 - Boston, Massachusetts - just the name speaks history to me. I'd love to visit there, but I found the East coast to be foreign. When I lived in Virginia it was because I was in the U.S. Navy at the time and stationed at Norfolk Naval base. I was very young, only 20 years old, and looked like a stewardess in my dress uniform. When I walked around the base young marines would salute me even though my rank was no higher than theirs, but that was back when I was still cute.
- #5 - Hartford, Connecticut - never been there. It makes me think of insurance and snow.
- #4 - Baltimore, Maryland - now this is somewhere I've been. I went through the Navy's version of basic training in Maryland. My only memory of Baltimore was that it seemed like an old city.
- #3 - New York, New York - never been to New York but it is a destination that my older daughter wants me to consider someday for a vacation with her. She and her husband [before grandson] and another couple vacationed in New York City and loved it for the museums, art galleries, big things to look at, historic sites to see and the general character of it. I can see myself visiting but not living there.
- #2 - San Jose, California - it should actually be Silicon Valley, but that isn't a city, it's an idea. And yes there are jobs, but you should know it's a bit of a revolving door too. And has lots of traffic and housing is expensive and, biggest black mark against it for me, it is too far from my grandson.
- #1 - District of Columbia - D.C. at number one? This is a surprise to me. In what industry(s)? Politics? Service type jobs? Tour guides?
A very interesting list isn't it? As the article says, if you are job hunting right now - and many thousands are, "...With unemployment rate still hovering at 9.6 percent, you may want to put "willing to relocate" in bold on your resume...."
Does make me wonder about my question: what are the best cities in which to sell Art?
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