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‘Youth Magnet’ Cities Hit Midlife Crisis

Few Jobs in Places Like Portland and Austin, but the Hipsters Just Keep on Coming

In October, as the stock market tanked and the economy shed 400,000 jobs, Matt Singer moved from Oxnard, Calif. to Portland, Ore. He didn’t have a job, but he was attracted to the city’s offbeat culture and hungered for change. Mr. Singer’s plan was to get an editing or writing gig at an alternative weekly newspaper, the job he was doing in California.

Seven months later, the 26-year-old is still without a steady job — and still here. "I wasn’t really aware of how bad the job situation was at the time," says Mr. Singer.

By CONOR DOUGHERTY

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