College-educated workers are valuable to the economies of cities. The Young and Restless attests to the large numbers of highly skilled workers flocking to city centers. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, there are two types of cities attracting workers with a college degree. In the first category are cities long known for their large proportion of educated workers (e.g. San Jose and Washington). These cities are still gaining talented workers, but lesser-educated workers are vacating due to expense. This leads to a higher proportion of educated workers. The second category contains cities with rapidly growing populations (e.g. Raleigh and Austin). Due to their relative affordability, these cities are gaining workers with a mix of education levels. Overall, this second category is gaining the highest in raw numbers of educated workers despite their middle of the pack rankings for percentage gain. Both of these categories are “high-flying places [that] are hoarding a growing share of the nation’s most valuable workers, best paying jobs, and attracting a lopsided share of new investment and young companies.”
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