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America's Best Cities For Global Trade 2015

Warren, MI

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Written by Haylle Sok

WARREN, MICHIGAN
Population: 135,099
Unemployment: 7.0 percent
Major Employer: GM Technical Center, 17,000 employees

Forbes named Warren the ninth best place for business and U.S. careers; not surprising given a cost of living nearly 10 percent below the national average and a job growth rate of nearly 3 percent, owing much to a diverse local economy. As you’d expect, the auto industry, specifically General Motors, is a big employer in town, but so is the military industry, especially tank manufacturing, as well as industries that serve general medical and hospital industries. n