WOOHOO for STL!

It’s very odd to me that Memphis is on there, as it has fairly bad unemployment… how useful is work-life balance if you can’t get a job? 

While some of this is correct, I think it would have been more helpful to categorize the cities as which is best for grads seeking certain industries, and/or by specialized majors which would inevitably land them in certain industries. For example, I graduated with a media degree and moved back to my home city of Houston after being in another, smaller city for 10 years. It hasn’t been easy at all to find steady work in my desired field here because this is more of a megalopolis for oil & gas/engineering/science fields (as opposed to places like Chicago, New York, Atlanta, LA which are more expensive, but where I would easily have more opportunities for employment or even another internship with skills I could actually sell as desirable). Needless to say, I am saving up for a move while I seek work in other fields and begin a graduate program. Anyway, that may have been a bit off-topic, but I think these things should be considered before getting people excited that certain cities have lower unemployment rates than others, but not dissecting the context.