020 Recession-Proof CitiesThe economic news isn't universally doom and gloom. The Daily Beast crunches the numbers to rank the metropolitan areas gaining momentum with high pay and sustained economic growth.Updated Jul. 14, 2017 6:05PM EDT / Published Aug. 27, 2010 4:24PM EDT AP Photo #1, Jacksonville, N.C.AP Photo #2, Fort Hood, TexasJoe Raedle / Getty Images #3, Fayetteville, N.C.Karen Tam / AP Photo #4, Baton Rouge, La. #5, Cedar Rapids, Iowa #6, Iowa City, Iowa #7, Harrisburg, Pa. #8, Cheyenne, Wyo.Spencer Platt / Getty Images #9, Worcester, Mass. #10, Washington, D.C.Drew Angerer / AP Photo #11, Oklahoma City, Okla. #12, Rochester, Minn.Jody McNary Photography / Flickr #13, PhiladelphiaAP Photo #14, Lafayette, La.Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor / Getty Images #15, Rapid City, S.D. #16, Des Moines, Iowa #17, Rochester, N.Y. Jim Laragy, Bloomberg News / Getty Images #18, Olympia, Wash.Ted S. Warren / AP Photo #19, New Haven, Conn.AP Photo #20, Charlottesville, Va.
#1, Jacksonville, N.C.AP Photo #2, Fort Hood, TexasJoe Raedle / Getty Images #3, Fayetteville, N.C.Karen Tam / AP Photo #4, Baton Rouge, La. #5, Cedar Rapids, Iowa #6, Iowa City, Iowa #7, Harrisburg, Pa. #8, Cheyenne, Wyo.Spencer Platt / Getty Images #9, Worcester, Mass. #10, Washington, D.C.Drew Angerer / AP Photo #11, Oklahoma City, Okla. #12, Rochester, Minn.Jody McNary Photography / Flickr #13, PhiladelphiaAP Photo #14, Lafayette, La.Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor / Getty Images #15, Rapid City, S.D. #16, Des Moines, Iowa #17, Rochester, N.Y. Jim Laragy, Bloomberg News / Getty Images #18, Olympia, Wash.Ted S. Warren / AP Photo #19, New Haven, Conn.AP Photo #20, Charlottesville, Va.