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Top Metros With the Best Work-Life Balance

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The city where the most commuters spend at least an hour on the go? New York City, where relatively packed subways and busy streets mean 27.2% of commuters spend at least an hour on travel alone, leaving even less time for recreation. New York also has the longest 2019 average commute time, at 41.7

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Millionaire Sitt Invests $1 Million To Improve NYC Airport Infrastructure; Launches Global Gateway Alliance

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Sitt, CEO of Thor Equities is taking it upon himself to improve the infrastructure of New York City’s airports. ” Sitt continues, Our airports are often the first and last impressions visitors have of our City and country, and every bad first impression has a direct impact on economic activity.

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Putting 9 senior living market trends into perspective

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For developers and operators of senior living communities, the upper-income part of the market has the most potential for financial success but also the most options. The hotelier applied the business traveler model to a senior living prototype and began building them in communities across the U.S., It’s important, but it’s not enough.

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Google reveals a staggering drop in movement of people around the world during the global coronavirus pandemic as trips to shops, parks and workplaces plummet

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London and New York, the epicentres of their respective countries, have also seen a significant drop in movement. It found New Yorkers are going to the grocery store 32 per cent less often (pictured). New York City is one if the busiest places in the world, but COVID-19 and lockdown leaves the streets empty.

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LOCATION FOCUS: United It Stands

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New York State’s 54,556 square mile geography is divided into 10 economic regions (according to Empire State Development)—Western New York, Finger Lakes, Southern Tier, Central New York, North Country, Mohawk Valley, Mid-Hudson, Capital District, New York City and Long Island.

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Industry Focus: Aerospace Sector Is Flying High Again

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billion in corporate federal income taxes and $4.1 billion in state and local income taxes in 2014, a $1.5 Additionally, individual income taxes paid totaled $23.9 New Hampshire just completed a $135 million expansion of the Turnpike, improving all six Rochester exits, making local travel a breeze.

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Advanced Manufacturing: Manufacturing Gets Smarter, Faster

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That, along with a strong economy and zero personal state income tax, make it a great place to do business. The state’s central location, as a gateway between the American South and Midwest and with easy access to the Northeast and Atlantic Seaboard, is within a day’s drive of two-thirds of the nation’s population and household income.