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New Orleans, LA vs Fort Smith, AR

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Fort Smith has been positive.
- Fort Smith has 6.4% more unemployment than New Orleans.
- Fort Smith job growth has increased by 3.6% in the past 10 years.

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 New Orleans, LAFort Smith, ARUnited States
 Current Unemployment11.0%4.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth25.1%21.7%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-7.3%-3.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-5.9%-4.3%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-5.8%-4.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth7.2%-3.6%6.3%

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Reviews for New Orleans    87 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I have lived in NOLA for 6 years. Like all cities, you must take the good with the bad. It is more expensive than what you read about on the internet. The drivers are  More

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Over 2 years ago

I've lived here for going on 3 years. The person who lives with me wanted us to move here. It got old for me very soon after we moved here. Neither of us like it.   More

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Lived here 20 years, transplant from a dank Midwestern metropolis. For the first 15 years I was pretty much one of those rabid people foaming at the mouth whenever  More

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Reviews for Fort Smith    28 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I lived here for over a year and it SUCKS. The major grocery store is Walmart. And two other grocery stores and they are high price. One Sams Club , one target ,one  More

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Over 3 years ago

I have been here since 2005. The only good thing about Fort Smith is they have 2 Aldi locations. The cost of living might be cheaper but you also don't have renter's  More

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Over 5 years ago

Dis place lit no  More

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ZIPS IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
70119, 70122, 70118, 70131, 70115, 70126, 70117, 70127, 70114, 70124, 19 total
ZIPS IN FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS
72903 72904 72901 72908 72916

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