Tale of Two Cities
The Indicator from Planet Money NPR The Indicator from Planet Money LISTEN & FOLLOW NPR App Apple Podcasts Spotify Amazon Music iHeart Radio YouTube Music RSS link Two Cities. Brandon Bell / Staff/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brandon Bell / Staff/Getty Images The formerly sleepy economies of suburban Austin, Texas and Syracuse, NY are getting two new semiconductor chip plants. They’re bringing thousands of jobs and dollars to the area but while Austin’s housing market seems to be handling the change well, Syracuse is in the midst of an affordability crisis.
- ▪The Indicator from Planet Money NPR The Indicator from Planet Money LISTEN & FOLLOW NPR App Apple Podcasts Spotify Amazon Music iHeart Radio YouTube Music RSS link Two Cities.
- ▪Brandon Bell / Staff/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brandon Bell / Staff/Getty Images The formerly sleepy economies of suburban Austin, Texas and Syracuse, NY are getting two new semiconductor chip plants.
- ▪They’re bringing thousands of jobs and dollars to the area but while Austin’s housing market seems to be handling the change well, Syracuse is in the midst of an affordability crisis.
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The Indicator from Planet Money NPR The Indicator from Planet Money LISTEN & FOLLOW NPR App Apple Podcasts Spotify Amazon Music iHeart Radio YouTube Music RSS link Two Cities. Two chip plants. One affordability crisis. July 21, 20263:00 AM ET By Adrian Ma , Darian Woods , Emma Ferrara , Kate Concannon Tale of Two Cities Listen · 8:39 8:39 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5900993/nx-s1-mx-5900993-1" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Some regions of the country frequently see brand new housing developments spring up without any guaranteed buyers.
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