Pittsburgh, Dallas and Knoxville, Tenn., have bounced back, report says

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County Executive Rich Fitzgerald(D)said a diversified economy helped the region weather the recession.

"We are in technology, and we are in finance. We are still heavily involved in steel and heavy manufacturing ... life sciences, entertainment, the movie industry. Energy has been kind of the latest thing over the past couple of years," Mr. Fitzgerald said in an interview. "I think the change in the form of government 12 years ago has had a lot to do with the success as well."

After a referendum, the county in 2000 replaced a three-member board of commissioners, which had legislative and executive power, will a full-time executive and a part-time council that handles legislative matters. Mr. Fitzgerald, who took office in January, said the concentration of executive authority in one person has propelled the region forward and helped to foster cooperation among government, business, organized labor and the nonprofit community.

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1. I moved to Dallas in the '80s because of its diversified economy. There was a bad recession then.

Dallas was doing poorly, but much better than a lot of other places.

I noticed that jobs in my field started opening up early in 2012 here.

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2. Pittsburgher here.

Pittsburgh's doing great! The housing market in particular is really picking up here, and we have one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation.