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Forbes: Region Among "Best Bang for Buck"

Albany-Schenectady-Troy ranked 30th while Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown checked in at number 56 on Forbes’ list of America’s Best-Bang-for-the-Buck Cities. The ranking was based on a city's health of the housing market, job growth forecast and overall affordability and convenience of a metro area.

The two largest metropolitan areas of Tech Valley were propelled stable job and housing markets based on low foreclosures, housing vacancies and unemployment rates.