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Baton Rouge, LA vs New Orleans, LA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in New Orleans has been positive.
- New Orleans has 3.5% less unemployment than Baton Rouge.
- New Orleans job growth has increased by 7.2% in the past 10 years.
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 Baton Rouge, LANew Orleans, LAUnited States
 Current Unemployment7.5%11.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth24.4%25.1%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.0%-7.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-5.7%-5.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-6.8%-5.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-1.5%7.2%6.3%

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Reviews for Baton Rouge    64 Reviews
Ashley · Baton Rouge, LA
baton rouge is not a good choice
Over 3 years ago

terrible place to  More

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R · 
i live hear so....
Over 5 years ago

I live hear so i can't say i hate it but i don't like  More

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Eleanor · Baton Rouge, LA
Great school, Awful Administration
Over 7 years ago

Don't get me wrong, this is a great school filled with many great teachers. I absolutely love all of the classes I am currently in and have been in. We are taught with  More

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Reviews for New Orleans    87 Reviews
Laurel · New Orleans, LA
NOLA review
Over 1 years ago

I have lived in NOLA for 6 years. Like all cities, you must take the good with the bad. It is more expensive than what you read about on the internet. The drivers are  More

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LISA · River Ridge, LA
Unhappy here
Over 2 years ago

I've lived here for going on 3 years. The person who lives with me wanted us to move here. It got old for me very soon after we moved here. Neither of us like it.   More

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Wanda · Metairie, LA
Like a Sartre play with crawfish
Over 2 years ago

Lived here 20 years, transplant from a dank Midwestern metropolis. For the first 15 years I was pretty much one of those rabid people foaming at the mouth whenever  More

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ZIPS IN BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
70816, 70808, 70815, 70806, 70805, 70802, 70820, 70807, 70814, 70819, 12 total
ZIPS IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
70119, 70122, 70118, 70131, 70115, 70126, 70117, 70127, 70114, 70124, 19 total
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