Yes yes yes. I seemed to me that the article defined "hot" cities as ones with expensive housing, which prevented it from looking at hot cities with less housin

Yes yes yes. I seemed to me that the article defined "hot" cities as ones with expensive housing, which prevented it from looking at hot cities with less housing problems. Pittsburgh and Columbus come to mind as two cities with growing creative/professional industries where the middle class can afford to live. (Although housing in the epicenter of these cities' tech boomlets can be absurd compared to the rest of the city. This new construction in Pittsburgh's East End - http://www.zillow.com/b/bakery-living-pittsburgh-pa-63CwP3/ http://www.zillow.com/b/bakery-living-pittsburgh-pa-63CwP3/ - charges the same for 1 bed that I paid for a 3-bedroom townhouse in a solid neighborhood ~1 mile away 2 years ago.)