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Comparing Atlanta vs. Detroit

By Staff Reports
May 31, 2013

In light of PulteGroup announcing it will move its headquarters from suburban Detroit to Atlanta, here's how the two regions stack up.

Source: BoxRec.com, staff research

Sources: US Census, St. Louis Federal Reserve, S&P/Case-Shiller, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, great-lakes.net, NOAA, staff research, Fortune. Data for most recent period available.

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