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Des Moines, IA vs Long Beach, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Long Beach has been positive.
- Long Beach has 5.6% less unemployment than Des Moines.
- Long Beach job growth has increased by 2.8% in the past 10 years.

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 Des Moines, IALong Beach, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.9%11.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth37.4%32.5%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-6.0%-12.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.7%-11.6%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-1.8%-8.6%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth0.2%-2.8%6.3%

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Reviews for Des Moines    53 Reviews

Des Moines is a ok and pretty quiet place but as a teen it could be dramatic because Des Moines do have is fair or violents places to avoid in Des Moines would be the  More

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Dude · 
Over 4 years ago

This city is violent, there are too many gangs especially on the north  More

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Over 5 years ago

Good for the old that like slow pace and cheap buffets. Also good for non-descript mid-westerners that don't like a lot of action. No nightlife or mountains to hike  More

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Reviews for Long Beach    45 Reviews

Local born and bred. This place is going down the drain. Crime is up, housing is up, yuppies finding nothing wrong with it since they want to validate spending 3k on a 2  More

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Angelique · 
Over 4 years ago

I love Long Beach. I especially shoreline village and the aquarium of the pacific. The only big problem here (for me) is crime. Otherwise, nice  More

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Over 6 years ago

The cost of living is extremely high and there are way too many apartments or multi unit homes which have no parking. But with everyone living on top of each other it  More

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ZIPS IN DES MOINES, IOWA
50317, 50315, 50310, 50320, 50313, 50316, 50312, 50311, 50314, 50321, 12 total
ZIPS IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA
90805, 90813, 90806, 90815, 90802, 90804, 90810, 90808, 90807, 90803, 13 total

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