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Dallas, TX vs New Orleans, LA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in New Orleans has been positive.
- New Orleans has 3.6% less unemployment than Dallas.
- New Orleans job growth has increased by 7.2% in the past 10 years.

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 Dallas, TXNew Orleans, LAUnited States
 Current Unemployment7.4%11.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth45.1%25.1%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-3.6%-7.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.3%-5.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth3.6%-5.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth15.4%7.2%6.3%

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Reviews for Dallas    228 Reviews

I seldom review anything but I was inspired by reading the other Dallas reviews to add my two cents. I’ve been here since 2015 and we hope to leave when we can get jobs  More

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I have lived in Dallas, as well as areas around the Dallas Metroplex, for over 20 years. With that said, what I have seen in that time, has not been overly pleasing; and  More

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There is only one thing I found to be relatively good in this city: upscale restaurants. The food is tasty but only in upscale restaurants, I am vegan, and still found  More

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Reviews for New Orleans    87 Reviews

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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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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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 DALLAS, TEXAS
75217, 75211, 75228, 75243, 75227, 75287, 75216, 75220, 75231, 75206, 47 total
ZIPS IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
70119, 70122, 70118, 70131, 70115, 70126, 70117, 70127, 70114, 70124, 19 total

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