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Carbondale, IL vs Pittsburg, KS

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Pittsburg has been positive.
- Pittsburg has 3.0% more unemployment than Carbondale.
- Pittsburg job growth has increased by 1.2% in the past 10 years.

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 Carbondale, ILPittsburg, KSUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.7%3.7%6.0%
 Future Job Growth21.3%26.0%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-6.9%-1.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-6.8%-2.4%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-7.7%-0.6%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-6.7%1.2%6.3%

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Reviews for Carbondale    7 Reviews

I've lived in C'dale for over 30 years. I got an excellent education here - Giant City School was great, though fairly insular and not very diverse (among its drawbacks  More

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Over 16 years ago

I like Carbondale. It is relaxing and an easy way to go about getting a college degree. It has its ups and downs, mainly with the people in the town not recognizing the  More

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All of the comments are negative here and seem to me to be misleading. The idea that you have to have a lot of money in Carbondale is ridiculous. The price of cultural  More

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Reviews for Pittsburg    7 Reviews

I lived in Pittsburg for several years and am glad I left. I liked the small town atmosphere but the economy was in terrible shape --> and still is very bad. The college  More

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Lack of industry equals lack of jobs. Period. Whether you are white collar or blue collar, jobs folded in Southeast Kansas along with the coal mines, and nothing has  More

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Over 16 years ago

small town, big  More

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