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New York, NY vs Rockford, IL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Rockford has been positive.
- Rockford has 1.1% more unemployment than New York.
- Rockford job growth has increased by 6.9% in the past 10 years.

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 New York, NYRockford, ILUnited States
 Current Unemployment11.2%10.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth30.7%21.9%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-12.4%-9.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-12.8%-7.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-11.2%-9.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-4.7%-6.9%6.3%

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Reviews for New York    331 Reviews

I'm from the South and the perception I had was that New York was a filthy slum full of sketchy people and crime. I visited it, and it's actually on the other end of the  More

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New York City is crazy Great there are to many things to do and see in NYC for anyone to ever complain about the city other than most Of the population with stacked on  More

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Over 3 years ago

filthy. deplorable. weak character. the people of new york aren't classy, they're not even decent. rude, obnoxious, arrogant, and smug, and to make it all worse there's  More

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Reviews for Rockford    54 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I've lived here my whole life . I love  More

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I was raised in the area and lived here 3/4 of my life. Rockford has definitely made efforts to bring events into the area so there are things to do and they have  More

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Over 5 years ago

Rockford has made great strides in the past 20 years. Downtown used to be a ghost town. Now, there are activities almost every weekend. City government has worked to  More

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ZIPS IN ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
61109 61103 61104

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