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Long Beach, CA vs Virginia Beach, VA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Virginia Beach has been positive.
- Virginia Beach has 6.7% more unemployment than Long Beach.
- Virginia Beach job growth has increased by 1.9% in the past 10 years.

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 Long Beach, CAVirginia Beach, VAUnited States
 Current Unemployment11.5%4.8%6.0%
 Future Job Growth32.5%33.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-12.2%-5.8%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-11.6%-3.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-8.6%-1.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-2.8%1.9%6.3%

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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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Reviews for Virginia Beach    95 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

If you lived here prior to 2005, your experience in Virginia Beach is likely between good and wonderful. There are still pros to living here. Other reviews have  More

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Over 5 years ago

I lived in the Hampton Roads area for 11 years while I was in the Navy. It was a bit of a culture shock, since I grew up in a small rural town in Maine with 900 people.  More

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Over 6 years ago

I lived in the Kempsville area of VB growing up and loved it. There's no way to be bored when you have so many public and neighborhood parks, libraries, events,  More

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ZIPS IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA
90805, 90813, 90806, 90815, 90802, 90804, 90810, 90808, 90807, 90803, 13 total
ZIPS IN VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA
23464, 23462, 23452, 23454, 23456, 23455, 23451, 23453, 23457, 23460, 12 total

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