Economic ratings of San Francisco, Seattle, Denver plummet

[Robert Urbanek]

The economic ratings of San Francisco, Seattle and Denver all took a nosedive during the COVID pandemic, according to an analysis by the Brookings Institution based on production, job growth, average wages and the poverty gap. The think tank’s review covered 192 U.S. major metro areas.

San Francisco fell from fourth place to 109th. Seattle dropped from third to 97th and Denver dropped from eighth to 121st.

A summary of the report was published in the March 5 issue of the San Francisco Chronicle, which did not mention which cities led in the ranking. However, the Brookings Institution website reported that Salt Lake City, UT ranked first on its overall inclusion index, the Silicon Valley area ranked second, and the greater Nashville, TN area ranked third. The word “inclusion” means “comprehensive” in this context.

The institution reported that Florida’s economy was particularly resilient despite damage from hurricanes.

So, it appears that, despite the pandemic, red states are more than holding their own In the competition for economic growth.

 

[Donald H]

The economic ratings of San Francisco, Seattle and Denver all took a nosedive during the COVID pandemic, according to an analysis by the Brookings Institution based on production, job growth, average wages and the poverty gap. The think tank’s review covered 192 U.S. major metro areas.

San Francisco fell from fourth place to 109th. Seattle dropped from third to 97th and Denver dropped from eighth to 121st.

A summary of the report was published in the March 5 issue of the San Francisco Chronicle, which did not mention which cities led in the ranking. However, the Brookings Institution website reported that Salt Lake City, UT ranked first on its overall inclusion index, the Silicon Valley area ranked second, and the greater Nashville, TN area ranked third. The word “inclusion” means “comprehensive” in this context.

The institution reported that Florida’s economy was particularly resilient despite damage from hurricanes.

So, it appears that, despite the pandemic, red states are more than holding their own In the competition for economic growth.

Was it a compromise with higher Covid death rates in America's more right leaning cities?

 

[Moonglow]

 

[Robert Urbanek]

Metro Monitor 2023: Examining pandemic-era patterns of inclusive growth across the U.S.

Metro Monitor 2019

(On second link, scroll down to Overall Growth Index map and click on “overall inclusion index” on map indicator index.)

 

[Moonglow]

 

[Robert Urbanek]

Was it a compromise with higher Covid death rates in America's more right leaning cities?

There were plenty of people in California who ignored COVID guidelines and there were plenty of people in red states who took precautions regardless of what the politicians said, so the "compromise" might not have been that significant.