Re: "economically uncompetitive" Here's a list of US counties by per capita income: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_counties_by_per_capita

Re: "economically uncompetitive" Here's a list of US counties by per capita income: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_counties_by_per_capita_income https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_counties... Lots of suburban countries here— Arlington, Fairfax County, Marin, Santa Clara, San Mateo, Westchester, from the ones I know at least. The only two that seem quite urban in the top 15 to me are New York County and San Francisco County.