BOOM TOWNS
Dec 12, 2018
3 minutes
What makes a city sizzle? In recent years, each of these places has experienced a burst of growth.
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No. 4 Nashville
Keeping It Healthy
It has more than 20 college and university campuses, the most megachurches per capita in the country, and a thriving music economy, but the city’s biggest industry—and its main source of growth—depends on one undeniable truth: We all get sick and die. Six of the nation’s 10 biggest for-profit hospital chains are headquartered here, along with more
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