A commentary to the previous post
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11/19/2006
Unfortunatley, as a "20 something", its hard to believe the few coffe houses will not do more than employ 10 high schoolers and attract people after church on sunday or saturday. The depth of this city is limited to run down bars and a complete hatred for change and any educational or arts attractions that would further make this city of interest. After studying demography and doing a field study regarding teen pregnancy, its sad to say jackson has one of the highest % of teen births following Detroit, std rates, as well as infant mortality. People dont choose to drive elsewhere to work, they must to survive. Crime rates for cities are calculated by a ratio: Population per sq mile/number of crimes. Given the small amount of people in Jackson, and a modest amount of crime, you end up with a crime rate well above national average. Big box stores have caused small shops to close making people scramble for a position. Interestingly enough a large percentage of the employees who work for the "big three", commute here. Why? very few qualified candidates. Other cities like lansing and A2 are striving to be better attracting people while jackson continues to lose business.
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