WhereTheJobsAre

You could just as well call them "Generation Why Bother." Amid our current hard times, the risk-averse and sedentary Gen Y-ers exhibit little of the gumption that helped prior generations survive their own periods of economic trouble.

If you're looking for cities where the population, jobs and household income are growing -- imagine that -- then head for Texas. Or Tennessee, North Carolina or Georgia. They are among a small group of states that have shown surprising expansion, despite the recession, according to a survey on the...