All those jobs have simply gone away, disappeared.
Overall, it is a very strong figure for January. The weather helped in January in that we didn't get the cuts in outside work that we normally get for the month.
These are good low rates in February.
That is pretty much the case all over [the country], and the Richmond area did have a decline.
February was almost a carbon copy of January. About the only difference was we had a little bit cooler weather.
Because of the weather being mild, we didn't have as big a run-up in unemployment from December to January as we usually do.
The national economy is strong right now, and the Virginia economy is strong. We're better than pretty much any other state.
It's a result of a different age population mix. Richmond has some new things but it's mostly new condos and things like that. They don't attract children. They attract young professionals.
In addition to that, Richmond has become a real medical center not only for Virginia, but for the upper South.
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