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shopping center growth, and housing construction. Poverty and unemployment plagued Newark, which in July, 1967, was the scene of a major race riot. Two bright spots have been the port, which since 1985
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282,800Number of workers employed in:construction and mining: 16,100manufacturing: 58,400trade, transportation and utilities: 49,500information: 6,100financial activities: 12,200professional and business
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the old wooden structures there arose more modern constructions in steel and stone. Today, Chicago is a major Great Lakes port and the commercial, financial, industrial, and cultural center of the Midwest.
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insurance, telecommunications, architecture/construction, and transportation, Omaha's economy has grown dramatically since the early 1990s. In 2001 identified Omaha as one of the Top 10 high tech havens
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A third interstate, I 69, is under construction, and a fourth, I 22, has recently been designated from the former High Priority Corridor X. River barges are unloaded onto trucks and trains. The city is
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clay of such varied types that they serve as both construction and pottery materials. Despite mineral production and some manufacturing, agriculture continues to be North Dakota's principal pursuit,
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282,800Number of workers employed in:construction and mining: 16,100manufacturing: 58,400trade, transportation and utilities: 49,500information: 6,100financial activities: 12,200professional and business
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Since its construction in the 1950s, Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport has served as a key engine of Atlanta's economic growth. Delta Air Lines, the city's largest employer and the metro
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A third interstate, I 69, is under construction, and a fourth, I 22, has recently been designated from the former High Priority Corridor X. River barges are unloaded onto trucks and trains. The city is
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mining booms, and the construction of the first transcontinental railroad initially brought economic growth, and the city was nicknamed the Crossroads of the West. It was traversed by the Lincoln Highway,