How to Choose a College in a Recession: Top 5 Worst Cities
Friday, May 29th, 2009It’s time to start thinking of college application options, or if you just graduated, job applications. You may have received lots of advice on how to choose a college or a career after college. No doubt, the economy is going to affect that decision. Yeah, it may be called the “global economic crisis” but it hasn’t affected all places evenly. Your college application process will probably include some thoughts of how the recession is affecting the city of your prospective university choice.
We tried to find the last places you’d want to move to in a recession and came up with a list of five places that are suffering more than most other cities. If you’re a high school student about to apply to college then you might want to consider this list when making your college choices. If you planned on making extra money at a part time job while at school you’re not going to find them in places where the economy sucks. Unless you don’t care about getting a job or making money, we advise you to avoid these towns. Below is a list of 5 cities and 3 words to describe why to avoid them in a recession.
New York: Wall Street, pffft
Chicago: Financial sector broken
Detroit: Goodbye auto industry!
New Orleans: Hurricanes exacerbate recession.
Flint, Michigan: Because it’s Flint.
Know where the best places to live during a recession are? University towns. That’s right, education, as well as government and health, are areas that are hiring. Big universities are thriving and there’s no sign of this changing. We’re not saying the economy should be the driving force behind how you choose a college but hey, life in Madison, Wisconsin and Austin, Texas is pretty good right now.
beyond the local bar or lifeguard post. The career and internship placement service at your college exists to help you with your summer job search. For college students with a yearning for seagulls, tourists, and the letter of the law, the Ocean City, Maryland police department offers a unique opportunity. This summer 100 hundred power hungry young bucks, most of them college students, will take a rigorous four week police academy training to become seasonal police officers in Ocean City for the heavy tourist season. Training includes four days of practice at a shooting range, after which the summer police position comes with arrest powers and a gun. College job placement services have some pretty bizarre employment opportunities. Does your college hook you up with summer internships that include the power to detain drunken tourists? 
