One of the 10 Best Cities to start a business.. Youngstown Oh? Really!
Picked up the August 2009 edition of Entrepreneur magazine, the front cover reads: "The 10 Best Cities to start a business (Youngstown, Ohio, anyone?)"
What.. is this a joke? Nope, seems that Y-Town is on a comeback.
But it's not 1979, 89, or even 99.. it's 2009. Steel died in this rust belt valley in 1977, this article should have been written in 1979, not 2009. But, disappointingly it took well over 30 years for area to realize that their one trick pony (steel) was not coming back. Nobody wished harder, the "Good Old Days" of steel would come back, then the Mahoning Valley. Unfortunately, during the same time, the world (and business) passed "The Valley" by... year, after year, after year. Lets hope they have ultimately learned from the past 30 years.
Gee, someone should have told me Youngstown Ohio was "Where to Be an Entrepreneur". I would not have left.. 20 years ago!
Here is the Y-Town Lowdown:
http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneur/2009/august/202666-9.html
