ASSIGNMENT+15,+12.21.09

READ "THE NEW BOOMTOWNS" IN THE WSJ CLASSROOM EDITION PAGE 6 OR ON DELICIOUS.COM/KATHY39420.

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ASKED SIX EXPERTS TO SELECT CITIES THAT WILL EMERGE AS THE DESTINATIONS FOR EDUCATED YOUNG PEOPLE ONCE THE ECONOMY GETS MOVING AGAIN. WHY DOES IT MATTER? THE PAST MIGRATION PATTERNS OF THIS MOBILE GROUP HAS DEFINED THE FUTURE OF REGIONS.

1. WHY DID BIG CITIES DOMINATE THE IST OF "HOTTEST, HIPPEST DESTINATIONS" FOR YOUNG PEOPLE?

2. WHAT JOB OPPORT6UNITIES IN WASHINGTON, DC, AND SEATTLE HELPED THEM TOP THE LIST?

3. WHY IS NEW YORK CITY CONSIDERED AN UNLIKELY PICK FOR NO. 3 ON THE LIST?

4. IF PORTLAND, OR, HASD AN 11.2% UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, WHY DID IT MAKE THE LIST? WHAY ARE YOUNG PEOPLE MOVING THERE?

BE THOROUGH IN YOUR ANSWERS....SPELLING AND GRAMMAR COUNT. THIS IS YOUR LAST WIKI OF 2009!