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Burlington, VT vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Poughkeepsie has been positive.
- Poughkeepsie has 5.3% less unemployment than Burlington.
- Poughkeepsie job growth has increased by 5.0% in the past 10 years.
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 Burlington, VTPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Current Unemployment3.2%8.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth29.2%26.6%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-7.0%-5.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-6.1%-4.2%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-5.0%-3.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-4.6%-5.0%6.3%

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Reviews for Burlington    32 Reviews
Thomas · Burlington, VT
You must able to handle winter.
This Year

The good: beautiful, safe, walkable downtown, outdoors nearby. The bad: the woke nonsense is overwhelming, winters are long and brutal, dating scene is beyond  More

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Samira · Wilmington, NC
Why We Left; Taxed Out of Vermont
Over 6 years ago

Having lived in the Burlington VT area for more than a decade, I wish I would have done my research before relocating. Yes, VT has some great draws- but the cons far out  More

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Eric · Burlington, VT
Hippie heaven
Over 7 years ago

If your a hippie you'll love Burlington! The grass is green all year round.  More

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Reviews for Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews
Jessica · Fontana, CA
Mixed Feelings
Over 6 years ago

I have mixed feelings about Poughkeepsie because there are equally as many things I love about that town as there are things I hate about it so I'm just going to write a  More

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Lisa · Wappingers Falls, NY
Housing
Over 11 years ago

Prices are high here. housing is easily 25-30percent of our monthly  More

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Sheri · Poughkeepsie, NY
cost of living
Over 12 years ago

It'd be great if jobs were available. This city is OK but COL is so much higher in NY than where I was raised in South Maybe I should head  More

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