Why is my city so heavily underperforming?

[Alex Silang]

The city I'm invested in - Worcester, MA is the 2nd largest city in New England. It has 13 colleges and universities. Unemployment is back down to 6.1%.

It's in the bottom 5% of the Top100 metro areas however. I can't figure out why this is. I'm a cashflow investor and I'm cash flowing nicely, so it's not a major concern. I'm thinking about buying more properties in this area though, so having an idea would be nice.