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Bloomberg measured the per capita concentration of people working in jobs or with degrees related to STEM; that is the number of people in STEM fields divided o
by afuchs 10y ago
Bloomberg measured the per capita concentration of people working in jobs or with degrees related to STEM; that is the number of people in STEM fields divided over each metro areas' entire population.
Small metro areas that are dominated by a single employer, such as a college (e.g. Ann Arbor, MI; and Ithaca, NY), can be expected to score higher than larger, more diverse metros.
- rmason 10y agoOK, that explains it. The engineers are a tiny percentage of the population of the city. But compared to eight years ago the increase is sizeable. The area within a mile of the Madison building has gone from all abandoned buildings to a virtual tech city within the city. https://www.google.com/maps/place/M@dison+Building,+1555+Broadway+St,+Detroit,+MI+48226/@42.3360645,-83.0516592,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x883b2d322d10d517:0x217cfdf6d07948a8!8m2!3d42.3360645!4d-83.0494705 https://www.google.com/maps/place/M@dison+Building,+1555+Bro... The only negative is that apartment rents have gone sky high, not high by SF standards but high by Michigan standards.