Nashville Leaves the Pack Behind.

The article compares the cities of Nashville, Tennessee and Birmingham, Alabama, in terms of job growth, as online retail giant Amazon.com chose Nashville to build an operations center that will eventually employ 5,000 people, while Birmingham was chosen as a warehouse and distribution center. Topics discussed include economic problems that besiege Birmingham, reason Nasvhille was less dependent on manufacturing, and efforts of Birmingham Mayor Phil Bredesen to revive the city.