metropolitan area and well above the national rate, which was at 6.3 percent in May, and has since fallen to 6.1 percent in June. The unemployment rate in the city stood at 10.3 percent in May, among the highest of any major U.S. “There aren’t too many good-paying jobs out there,” he said. “They’ve been saying that for ten years,” said Rose, who holds out little hope of that strategy working and fears he will have a hard time finding a job that matches the $18.18 per hour he earns at the Showboat. The Showboat will be the second major casino to close in this struggling New Jersey shore city this year, a trend that has some tourism officials talking about revamping the aging gambling Mecca to broaden its appeal beyond bachelor parties and bus loads of retirees, with more family-friendly attractions. A view from the boardwalk of several casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in this file photo from March 14, 2009.
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