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Lake Charles, LA vs Champaign, IL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Champaign has been positive.
- Champaign has 3.8% more unemployment than Lake Charles.
- Champaign job growth has increased by 7.3% in the past 10 years.
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 Lake Charles, LAChampaign, ILUnited States
 Current Unemployment8.7%4.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth54.2%32.0%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-13.6%-4.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-13.5%0.6%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-3.9%2.6%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth13.3%7.3%6.3%

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Reviews for Lake Charles    34 Reviews
Jeff · Moss Bluff, LA
Good good good…
Over 1 years ago

I’ve lived in the city for years and it’s great, you should really check it  More

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Jeremy · Moss Bluff, LA
Very tense atmosphere
Over 3 years ago

Lake Charles, Louisiana is one of the absolute creepiest cities in the USA. The people feel dead inside. They also seem to secretly hate each other. It is also an  More

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Marshall L. · 
clannish (feels like a cult)
Over 4 years ago

Beware reader, the city of Lake Charles is an absolute sh*thole. If you are traveling through I-10 you might want to skip this place. This place is the very worst of the  More

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Reviews for Champaign    13 Reviews
Katherine · Pagosa Springs, CO
High taxes
Over 5 years ago

Pros - close to Chicago, has Parkland community college and lots of places to eat. There is a train station downtown that is really good. Beautiful deciduous trees and  More

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ewew · Birmingham, AL
10/10
Over 7 years ago

I wonderful city with great  More

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Fyodor  · Urbana, IL
Nice place to live but you wouldn't want to visit
Over 7 years ago

Actually it's barely a nice place to live. The pros: Not terribly expensive - at one point the least expensive place to live in the country among modest sized  More

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70605 70601 70607 70615
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61820 61821 61822
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