At first blush, this is a headline screamer: Philadelphia region brings up the bottom in job recovery. How bad is it? So bad that the region's wretched post-recession job growth performance makes the beleaguered city of Detroit look like a rock star, based on a Pew Trust analysis of U.S. Labor Department Statistics. Of the nation's 50 top metropolitan regions, Philadelphia ranked 47th, with 4.7 percent increase in job growth since the darkest days of the recession. At the top, San Jose grew by 23.7 percent, followed by Austin at 22.6 percent, and Nashville at 19.3 percent. Detroit grew by 13.1 percent. So what happened? "There has been slower growth in this region," said economist Adam...
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