Kiplinger voted Manchester the second most tax friendly city in America, after Anchorage, Alaska.[8] Earlier in the year, rated Manchester 13th in its 100 best places to live and launch a business in

The city continued to thrive as a point of entry and a major transportation center when the Union Pacific transcontinental railroad arrived in 1869.Omaha is a major market for grain and livestock, food

the United States Navy to be named in honor of the city. Jackson is home to several major industries. These include electrical equipment and machinery, processed food, and primary and fabricated metal

related businesses can also be found in neighboring cities in Kentucky, such as Bardstown, Clermont, Lawrenceburg and Loretto.Louisville also prides itself in its large assortment of small, independent

related businesses can also be found in neighboring cities in Kentucky, such as Bardstown, Clermont, Lawrenceburg and Loretto.Louisville also prides itself in its large assortment of small, independent

Many of Washington's cities (among them Tacoma, Bellingham, Everett, and Anacortes) began as sawmill centers, Seattle itself was home to the original ""Skid Road"" and lumber, pulp, paper, and related

There is also some manufacturing. The city has the 6th lowest unemployment rate of all metro areas (2011) at just 4.8%. Real wages were $39,980 in 2006 constant dollars and remained there to 2010; the

BRAC Commission that NAS Oceana must close unless the city of Virginia Beach condemns houses in areas designated as ""Accident Potential Zones."" This action has never been the position of the United

until Oklahoma City and Tulsa were among the great natural gas and petroleum centers of the world. Oil and gas have declined somewhat in importance today. Many of Oklahoma's factories process local foods

meat, and dairy products is vital to such cities as Fargo, Grand Forks, Minot, and Bismarck. The Missouri and Red rivers, once the major transportation routes, are more important now for their irrigation