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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 

6. Raleigh, N.C.

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Humanoid robot Pepper is seen at the IBM exhibition stand during the CeBIT trade fair, the world's biggest computer and software fair, in Hannover (March 13, 2016). IBM's Research Triangle Park is located in Raleigh, NC.

As home to IBM鈥檚 Research Triangle Park, Raleigh is well-established in the scientific and tech industries. But there is plenty going on in the startup world there, too. The Triangle Business Journal, based in Raleigh, that in 2015, Raleigh was ranked as the top 鈥渉ot spot鈥� for tech startups and workers outside of Silicon Valley and San Francisco. There are currently 17 Raleigh-based startups seeking hires on AngelList, a job posting and funding website for startups.

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