The the H Street corridor is one of the areas that transformed as millennials flocked to the District after the Great Recession. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post)Ryan Ferguson rode into Washington with other millennials who arrived en masse after the Great Recession. Local leaders have touted the city as attractive to millennials — and promoted its well-educated millennials as attractive to companies. Before the recession, from 2003 to 2008, the region consistently saw more people leaving than arriving, as economic prosperity led to strong job growth across the country. Manufacturing-depen­dent cities like Detroit were decimated and job growth across the country was sluggish.

Source: Washington Post September 30, 2017 21:11 UTC