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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
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with the largest concentration in the Salt Lake City area. Utah is now a center for aerospace research and the production of missiles, spacecraft, computer hardware and software, electronic systems, and
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was also filmed in Memphis. The city lost , whose production was lured to Georgia, and, a television series on set in Memphis, was lured to Louisiana. Information for the state of Tennessee Although
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and finance, also make up a large portion of the city's economy. Providence also is the site of a sectional center facility (SCF), a regional hub for the U.S. Postal Service.[72] Since it is the capital
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In 1860, the city was the location of the South Carolina Secession Convention, which marked the departure of the first state from the Union in the events leading up to the Civil War.Columbia enjoys a
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By the 1950s, the steel industry became the city's number one industry for employment. The steel industry thrives in the region, with SIndustries, a prominent steel company, shipping a record 1.15 billion
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In 1992 the city ended protracted litigation with environmentalists when it agreed to curtail water diversion in certain areas until ecological recovery had been achieved. Information for the state
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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
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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
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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