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Lexington, KY vs Asheville, NC

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Asheville has been positive.
- Asheville has 0.2% more unemployment than Lexington.
- Asheville job growth has increased by 11.9% in the past 10 years.

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 Lexington, KYAsheville, NCUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.3%4.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth37.8%39.8%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-4.5%-9.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.9%-5.3%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth0.5%2.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth7.0%11.9%6.3%

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Reviews for Lexington    62 Reviews

Lexington is a beautiful city. There are tons of tree lined streets and even trees in both sides of the city's only freeway. It's relatively small, which can be both  More

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Over 3 years ago

Very beautiful/underrated city!!  More

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I have lived here now for over five years, originally from the west coast and here is my top 10 for why you should NOT move here. #1 The Culture: They have none, it  More

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Reviews for Asheville    117 Reviews

Lived around this city my entire life, and have spent countless hours in every part of it- at one point, Asheville was the place to be, it had a high standard of living,  More

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Scotty · 

Asheville has changed dramatically over the pass twenty years . At one time downtown and the charming family friendly neighborhoods within, reminded me of The Waltons  More

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This city is very deceiving. Small but if you look close you see big liberal city problems in this town. Mainly because it is overwhelming liberal. Far left liberals.  More

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ZIPS IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
40509, 40517, 40515, 40511, 40503, 40504, 40502, 40508, 40505, 40514, 14 total
ZIPS IN ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
28806 28803 28715 28804 28704 28805 28801

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