How about the Northeast? NYC and Boston seem fine.
It's not really an issue of company, but industry. Cities that are single-industry are fragile.
It's not really an issue of company, but industry. Cities that are single-industry are fragile.
A lot of corporations moved out of cities and into small municipalities / smaller states in the second half of the 20th century. They were given the gold-star treatment with tax breaks, infrastructure projects to support their corporate campuses, etc. I know a town in New Jersey where Lokheed Martin employs probably more than half of the home owners in the town. Who do you think runs that town?
http://www.businessinsider.com/this-map-explains-the-f-35-fi...
That's not something special about the F-35, except maybe in execution details; the strategy has been well-known and frequently practiced by many defense contractors (and commented on by critics of defense procurement) for many years before the F-35 project.