Next up in the City Beat Chronicles: San Diego, California. Known as “America’s Finest City”, eighth largest city in the United States, and a hub of trade, tourism, manufacturing, and defense/military jobs, this city is home to diverse and youthful talent. However, with the growing economic woes of the Golden State this town is getting less youthful. In a Brookings Institute study, San Diego reported the sixth biggest net loss of residents aged 25-34 between 2008 and 2010 in the U.S. The population of San Diego proper is about 1.3 million, with the metro area weighing in at a whopping 3 million. Like much of California, this city suffers from an unemployment rate higher than the national average at 9.2 percent. more »
