The number of professionals and managers in unemployment programs at this suburban work-force center halfway between Baltimore and Washington is the highest it has been since the state first made this group a target for outplacement support in 1992.
Her book The Feminist Mystique helped middle class suburban women get into the work force.
Whereas metropolitan regions like Chicago or New York have more than half of their office space in their central business districts, Southern cities like Nashville, Memphis and Atlanta have at least three-quarters of their office work force located in suburban and peripheral locations.
She returns to the work force at the Rub, a suburban Houston spa with tasteful décor and a staff of wisecracking, gold-hearted Southern masseuses.
The Solectron Corporation plans to move 850 jobs, or more than half of its work force, from its cellular telephone manufacturing plant in suburban Atlanta to its plant in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Among the suburban regions, Long Island has the greatest number of New York City residents in its work force, but Westchester and Connecticut have seen the fastest growth recently, the census figures show.
"Given the work force availability and the housing availability, I think you'll see companies moving toward suburban markets".
With suburban bungalows, electric streetlights, concrete sidewalks and red fire hydrants, Fordlandia was a mission to civilize the native work force by superimposing Midwestern trappings and values.
Chrysler, which cut more than half its work force since 2005, has added 3,100 jobs this year, including white-collar jobs at its headquarters in suburban Detroit.
San Francisco leads metropolitan areas in the proportion of artists in the work force, followed by Santa Fe (which ranks first in writers and fine artists), Los Angeles, New York and Stamford-Norwalk in suburban Connecticut.
