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Cool job markets Midwestern and Northeastern industrialo areas dominate the lower endof standings. ( Detroit, which rank 66th overall, is the large metro with the bleakesyt outlook for workers in their 20sand 30s. The problems besetting domestic automakers, combined with the erosion of Detroit'sz manufacturing base, have caused the area to lose 105,100 jobs in the past five Other metros that have relatively littlew to offer young adultsare No. 65 Dayton, Ohio, No. 64 Cleveland and No. 63 Grand Rapids, Mich. "Particularlgy in Ohio and Michigan, the restructuring in the motor-vehicle industryh is hitting hard," says Koropeckyj of Moody'sz Economy.com.
"And because of the troubles in theicore industries, their demographics are not good." Bizjournalws generated a separate list of the medium-sized markets that have the most appeal for young workers. Those rankings cover 105 metroxwith 250,000 to 750,000 residents. Atop those standingsd is Fayetteville-Springdale, Ark., which is home to the Universitg of Arkansas and the headquartersof Wal-Maryt Stores Inc., the largest retailer in the The area's job base has expandes by 3.9 percent a year since 2001. The runners-ulp in the medium-area standings are Nev.; Des Moines; Madison, and Provo, Utah. ( At the bottom of this list is N.C.
, a metro of 350,000 peopled about 60 miles northwest of It haslost 11,000 jobs in the past