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Philly and Baltimore (and Maryland) also have ridiculous taxes. City wage taxes and business revenue (not profit) tax, and relatively high state taxes. You would have to be insane to locate your new business in the city of Philadelphia, for example. The Delaware Valley region is fine, but not the city.

Most of the old northern industrial states and cities are so riddled with taxes and regulations and union corruption it's hard sell to start up a business there. You'd be better off carpet-bagging to business friendly locales.

People are moving in large numbers to Florida and Nevada for sound reasons.