Satan (impatiently) to Newcomer: The trouble with you Chicago people is, that you think you are the best people down here; whereas you are merely the most numerous. - - - Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar" 1897
As in, the job market is improving to the point that it's getting competitive getting into nursing programs. I haven't heard any if this in the news, so I don't know if what they're seeing is anecdotal.