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Charleston, SC vs Columbia, SC

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Columbia has been positive.
- Columbia has 1.2% less unemployment than Charleston.
- Columbia job growth has increased by 4.5% in the past 10 years.

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 Charleston, SCColumbia, SCUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.0%5.2%6.0%
 Future Job Growth35.9%27.4%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-3.7%-1.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth1.0%-2.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth3.3%-3.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth17.6%4.5%6.3%

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Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Charleston is beautiful and unique and incredibly special. If you don't believe me, just ask Anthony Bourdain in his Parts Unknown episode - and he was an insightful  More

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Serious lack of health care and "good old boys club" whereby doctors will not even see the patient but diagnose them based on referring doctor. My sister died there for  More

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Over 4 years ago

Boy, has this once beautiful town changed...for the worse! I initially moved here 20 years ago because the people were so nice, no traffic, great choice of hospitals,  More

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Reviews for Columbia    50 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I love living in Columbia! I recently graduated from USC and plan to stay. I read the reviews posted here and it shows that like many cities, your experience will depend  More

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Loved living in Columbia, SC prior to my job transfer. It's the perfect size - plenty to do, but still a laid back place. People are extremely friendly, there are  More

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I moved to Columbia for graduate school and although it is a giant step up from my small, out-of-state hometown, I became bored and restless here in less than a year.  More

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ZIPS IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
29412, 29414, 29407, 29403, 29455, 29492, 29401, 29450, 29409, 29424, 10 total
ZIPS IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA
29229, 29203, 29209, 29045, 29205, 29201, 29204, 29207, 29225, 29208, 10 total

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