Success, it is said, is a matter of being in the right place at the right time. While this is hardly the right time for much of anything, there are still a few right places, even in this economy.

For example, while unemployment has hit 9.5 percent in Los Angeles and that city lost 111,000 jobs in 2008, Washington, D.C. added close to 3,000 jobs in 2008 and the unemployment rate there is about half that of L.A.’s.

Of course, interviewing for and securing a job in a city when you live in another is not easy. We take a look at the best places to go and the top strategies for getting there.

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