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Boston, MA vs Iowa City, IA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Iowa City has been positive.
- Iowa City has 2.7% more unemployment than Boston.
- Iowa City job growth has increased by 1.6% in the past 10 years.

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 Boston, MAIowa City, IAUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.2%3.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth42.5%29.5%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-9.1%-6.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.6%-6.2%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth0.7%-5.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth11.4%1.6%6.3%

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Reviews for Boston    122 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

health care in the country, plenty of jobs, gorgeous architecture, cool neighborhoods, lots of great restaurants, and always something to do. The beautiful coast, the  More

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I've lived in/near Boston my whole life almost. It has many pros such as a big city feel, extremely safe, reliable train transportation, great food. However any pro  More

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I moved to MA from the country of Georgia in eastern Europe. Then traveled quite a bit in the U.S. Boston definitely has its own flavor. Suburbs offer okay schools,  More

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Reviews for Iowa City    24 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I was there 5 years. Nothing to do but we’ll go shopping... at Walmart. It lacks so many things. There is no experience here, it jumps on any political band wagon and  More

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Over 4 years ago

Entertainment lacks greatly - especially the Hancher shows. I was hoping after they rebuilt they would be getting better shows there, that didn't happen. One has to  More

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Over 6 years ago

Iowa City is great. It's diverse and never boring. There always a variety of new shops and restaurants to explore and try out. Also watching college kids do stupid  More

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ZIPS IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
02124, 02128, 02135, 02130, 02127, 02125, 02136, 02131, 02115, 02126, 30 total
ZIPS IN IOWA CITY, IOWA
52240 52245 52246 52242

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