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Akron, OH vs Raleigh, NC

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- Job Growth in Raleigh has been positive.
- Raleigh has 2.6% more unemployment than Akron.
- Raleigh job growth has increased by 17.5% in the past 10 years.

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 Akron, OHRaleigh, NCUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.9%4.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth26.2%44.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.4%-5.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.8%-2.3%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-4.0%3.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-2.1%17.5%6.3%

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Reviews for Akron    31 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I grew up and lived in Akron, OH for a majority of my life, with the exception of living in Panama City, FL for 8 years. The town is pretty decent, affordable utilities,  More

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Over 3 years ago

This area is completely run down. Ghetto with a capital  More

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My goodness, I had to create an account to counterbalance all the negative people. I grew up in Ellet, went to an Akron Public School, graduated with a bachelor's from  More

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Reviews for Raleigh    224 Reviews

I moved to Raleigh in 2018. Before that, I lived in Orange County CA, Boulder CO, South Africa, Northern California, Arizona, and Toronto. I say all this to give  More

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Excellent for a great many people or categories of people. As far as prices: ratio of wage and job opportunity here with housing remains one of the better ones in the  More

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Over 1 years ago

I attended university here in the early 90s and came back around 2005 and never left. I'm surprised at the other negative reviews honestly. Yes, housing is pricey in  More

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ZIPS IN AKRON, OHIO
44312, 44310, 44313, 44305, 44306, 44320, 44314, 44301, 44311, 44303, 14 total
ZIPS IN RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
27610, 27603, 27616, 27604, 27606, 27613, 27615, 27612, 27614, 27609, 15 total

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