John Lee’s N. LAS VEGAS-6th WORST CV19 ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN THE U.S.

Recent Pic of Closed 711 on Lake Mead & LV Blvd

July 8, 2021

Rob Lauer Political Reporter

Mayor John Lee’s city of North Las Vegas was one of the most authoritarian cities in the state during the pandemic, ruthlessly enforcing Sisolak’s CV19 orders and threatening landlords with criminal charges if they did not comply. As reported April 2020, under a new purposed North Las Vegas city ordinance, violators could face fines up to $1,000 per day, the loss of business licenses or permits or misdemeanor charges and upto up to six months in jail and a fine of up to $1,000, simply for demanding rent from tenants.

Recent Pic of Close Walmart in North Las Vegas

A WalletHub study ranked the top 180 cities in the U.S. based on post CV19 economic recovery. WalletHub analytics used four key metrics to determine where workers have been the least and most impacted by the CV19 pandemic. They looked at the change in each city’s unemployment rate for May, which is the last month available, then compared that to May 2019, January 2020 and May 2020.

The differences between the top and bottom 10 primarily come down to lock-downs.

The top 10 cities are all in states led by Republican governors, where lock-down restrictions during the pandemic were less extreme and shorter. The bottom 10 cities are in states led by Democratic governors where lock-downs were more radical and authoritarian, with the exception of one.

The top 10 cities with the best post-pandemic unemployment rates are:

Manchester, N.H. — 1.6%

Nashua, N.H. — 1.7%

Burlington, Vt. — 1.3%

South Burlington, Vt. — 1.2%

Lincoln, Neb. — 2.2%

Huntsville, Ala. — 2.4%

Omaha, Neb. — 2.8%

Salt Lake City, Utah — 2.7%

Sioux Falls, South Dakota — 2.7%

Billings, Mont. — 3%

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The bottom 10 cities with the worst unemployment rates post-pandemic are:

Newark, N.J. — 11.6%

New Orleans, La. — 11%

Long Beach, Calif. — 10.6%

Los Angeles, Calif. — 10.1%

Glendale, Calif. — 10.4%

North Las Vegas, Nev. — 9.9%

New York City, N.Y. — 9.8%

San Bernardino, Calif. — 9.6%

Chicago, Ill. — 9.3%

Hialeah, Florida — 8%