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Need a side job? The 10 best cities for 'gig economy' workers

The gig economy has become typified by piecemeal jobs found on platforms like Uber and Etsy, but that's just part of a larger sea change in the American labor force: 54 million workers considered themselves freelancers last year. Here are the 10 US cities with the most opportunities for them, according to 

7. Boston

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Visitors photograph fall foliage in the Public Garden in Boston (Oct. 13, 2015).

In 2013, after years neck and neck with California in terms of venture capital funding, Massachusetts the nation鈥檚 most concentrated tech hub. So it鈥檚 no surprise that the capital of the Bay State ranks seventh for participation in the gig economy. Boston has a tremendous startup culture. The Boston Business Journal reported that in 2015, Massachusetts companies pulled in a total of $7.42 billion in VC funding, which was invested across 531 deals.

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