Recovery from The Great Recession? Mesa Ranked at #143

With a new Q3 Economic Report from the City of Mesa Office for Economic Development for July-September due to be published after the end of this month, the same organization Wallet Hub that rated Mesa #1 for retirement places now puts the city close to the bottom on the list for recovery.
For many Americans today, the Great Recession is nothing more than the distant shadow of a troubled economic past. The longest downturn since the Great Depression officially ended six years ago . . . To measure the progress of local economies since the financial crisis and how much work remains to be done in the name of recovery, WalletHub compared the 150 largest U.S. cities across 17 key economic indicators.
Rank for  Mesa = 143

Wallet Hub's data set ranges [here we go again with "data", folks] from the inflow of college-educated workers to the number of new businesses to home-price appreciation.
The results, additional expert commentary and a detailed methodology can be found in this online report by Richie Bernardo