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Melissa, TX vs Raleigh, NC

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Raleigh has been positive.
- Raleigh has 1.3% more unemployment than Melissa.
- Raleigh job growth has increased by 17.5% in the past 10 years.

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 Melissa, TXRaleigh, NCUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.6%4.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth48.6%44.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-3.5%-5.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth4.1%-2.3%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth13.5%3.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth35.4%17.5%6.3%

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Reviews for Melissa    3 Reviews

I have lived here since 2008. It is a growing bedroom community. The city has a low crime rate and pretty good schools. The primary entertainment is High School sporting  More

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We moved here 2 years ago and have suffered nothing but hell. If you are not a plain, vanilla, ignorant, intolerant person, do not move here!  More

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Over 16 years ago

warm to hot summer. enough cold in winter to make you appreciate  More

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Reviews for Raleigh    224 Reviews

I moved to Raleigh in 2018. Before that, I lived in Orange County CA, Boulder CO, South Africa, Northern California, Arizona, and Toronto. I say all this to give  More

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Excellent for a great many people or categories of people. As far as prices: ratio of wage and job opportunity here with housing remains one of the better ones in the  More

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Over 1 years ago

I attended university here in the early 90s and came back around 2005 and never left. I'm surprised at the other negative reviews honestly. Yes, housing is pricey in  More

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ZIPS IN MELISSA, TEXAS
75454
ZIPS IN RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
27610, 27603, 27616, 27604, 27606, 27613, 27615, 27612, 27614, 27609, 15 total

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