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become the home of one of the largest concentrations of computer communications firms in the U.S. Other leading industries include tourism and the manufacture of chemicals, electrical equipment, and food,
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become the home of one of the largest concentrations of computer communications firms in the U.S. Other leading industries include tourism and the manufacture of chemicals, electrical equipment, and food,
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trade, transportation, utilities, and professional and business services. The city is known as the ""Crossroads of the West"" for its central geography in the Western United States. The daytime population
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has become home to many computer and electronic companies; growth in this sector has offset job losses in the timber industry. Oregon's river resources are one of its greatest assets. Its salmon-fishing
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computer equipment (Poughkeepsie), optical instruments and cameras (Rochester), sporting goods, and transportation equipment. Printing and publishing, mass communications, advertising, and entertainment
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by the Boeing Corp. In recent years, computer software (Microsoft Corp. is near Seattle), electronics, and biotechnology have become increasingly important to the economy. Washington's huge food processing
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chips. Micron at one time manufactured desktop computers, but with very limited success. Hewlett-Packard has operated a large plant in Boise since the 1970s, which is devoted primarily to LaserJet printers
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as well as staffing of satellite government headquarters in the suburban or exurban Baltimore/Washington area. In addition, a number of educational and medical research institutions are located in the
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has become home to many computer and electronic companies; growth in this sector has offset job losses in the timber industry. Oregon's river resources are one of its greatest assets. Its salmon-fishing
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aircraft, computers and software, paper, toys, glass, furniture, wire, biomedical products, electrical and electronic machinery, pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals, and fabricated metal. Tourism, printing