the problems in east / northeast alabama
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This infographic describes the problems currently happening in East and Northeast Alabama and places like Anniston, Gadsden, Sylacauga, Alexander City, Talladega, and Oxford.TRANSCRIPT
The Problems In
East/Northeast Alabama
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Anniston / Oxford Alabama
Rankings In 2005 In 2005, the website BestPlaces.net ranked the
Anniston and the Gadsden Metros in the bottom 10
ranked metro areas in America to live in. Anniston
ranked #323 and Gadsden ranked #324 out of 331
total metro areas in the United States.
Gadsden Alabama
Gadsden has been
ranked as the 4th
poorest city in America
from 24/7 Wall St.
Rand McNally named
Gadsden as one of the
seven worst cities in America in 1989.
Sylacauga/Talladega
Alabama
Talladega / Sylacauga
was ranked as the 5th
poorest region in America
by Yahoo! News and
Credit.com
Gadsden is ranked the
87th most dangerous
city in America.
Alexander City Alabama
Alexander City has lost over
10,000+ jobs with Russell
Corp. leaving town. Few
jobs have been replaced.
Unemployed people from
Alexander City appeared on
the History Channel show
“Bamazon” in 2013.
Alexander City has so little
road funding, they are re-
paving many busy roads
with tar and gravel.
Anniston/Oxford
Alabama
In March 2014, the Anniston /
Oxford unemployment rate
spiked to around 7.8%. In
March 2013, it was 6.8%. The
Anniston / Oxford area saw the
highest unemployment spike of
any metro area in America.
In 2012, the website 24/7 Wall St. named Anniston /
Oxford as having the worst wage drop of any metro
area in America. The average yearly wage dropped
2.4%. The site HomeVestors also ranked the
Anniston/Oxford area as one of the worst to buy or sell a home. We are in the dangerous category.
Recently, Forbes ranked Anniston / Oxford as the
179th small metro area in America for the best
places for businesses and careers. This means
Anniston / Oxford is the 6th worst small metro area
in America for business/careers. And for job
growth, we’re the 3rd worst!
In 2008, the organization The Milken
Institute ranked the Anniston / Oxford area
as the 34th best performing small metro
area in America. In 2013, Anniston / Oxford
was ranked the 178th best performing small
metro area in America, out of 179 small
metro areas, the 2nd worst in America!
According to the charts, CES employment for Anniston peaked in March 2007 at 53,700. Since then 8,600 jobs have been lost in Anniston.