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Here’s a slideshow of the worst US cities for IT workers. Here’s the list of them:

1. Detroit, MI
2. Bentonville, AK
3. Cleveland, OH
4. Syracuse, NY
5. Boston, MA and San Francisco, CA
6. Any town in Alaska
7. Orlando, FL

You can compare that to the 10 cities with the best IT job prospects:

1. Atlanta, GA
2. Boston. MA
3. Chicago, IL
4. Dallas, TX
5. Los Angeles, CA
6. New York/New Jersey
7. Philadelphia, PA
8. Seattle, WA
9. Silicon Valley, CA
10. Washington D.C/Baltimore

Poor Boston seems a bit schizophrenic. Of course, one could argue that “Silicon Valley” and “San Francisco” are too close to each other to be counted differently. I mean, what percentage of IT workers employed in SF actually live within city limits? To be fair, ‘where the jobs are/aren’t’ is a different metric from ‘best/worst.’ You could have a high number of jobs, but still end up in the ‘worst’ group if the external environment is bad.