Cities that outrank Silicon Valley for jobs

How Places Like Columbus, Indiana, Outrank Silicon Valley – everyone knows that Silicon Valley is a hotbed of start-up activity.  But there are smaller American cities “where recessions have been remarkably absent, where manufacturing thrives, where populations continue to rise” and people are finding jobs.
  A recent survey, Leading Locations for 2012, by Area Development tells us the 100 Leading Locations, the Top 50 Small Cities, Mid-Sized Cities, and Big Cities.