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Ashland, MA vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Richmond has been positive.
- Richmond has 2.7% less unemployment than Ashland.
- Richmond job growth has increased by 13.6% in the past 10 years.

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 Ashland, MARichmond, VAUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.4%7.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth36.9%37.1%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-8.9%-5.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-6.9%-2.7%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-4.8%1.9%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth2.2%13.6%6.3%

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Reviews for Ashland    2 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Typical Massachussetts town. Quiet, good schools, very liberal, too high property taxes, constantly on a water  More

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Ashland is settled in Middlesex county between the busy Framingham and the high end and expensive Sherborn and Natick. We have the best of both worlds, close to  More

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Reviews for Richmond    109 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Lived here for a year and it’s not perfect but it’s constantly improving now (areas redevloped, more businesses, job growth). Cost of living is great compared to  More

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Over 3 years ago

We love Richmond so much that when we talk about where we'd like to live if we could live anywhere in the US, we always come back to RVA. We live in the city proper  More

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Over 3 years ago

I'm an out-of-towner but am coming up on 1 year in Richmond. I would summarize it this way: the best thing and the worst thing about Richmond is its location. I'll  More

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