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North Myrtle Beach, SC vs Fairfax, VA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Fairfax has been positive.
- Fairfax has 2.0% more unemployment than North Myrtle Beach.
- Fairfax job growth has increased by 2.8% in the past 10 years.

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 North Myrtle Beach, SCFairfax, VAUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.3%4.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth40.5%39.1%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.1%-5.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-0.6%-2.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth5.8%-0.9%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth16.7%2.8%6.3%

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Reviews for North Myrtle Beach    4 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

High taxes, tolls, utilities but close to NYC. Not a good place to retire unless well to do & you have a house on the Jersey shore. Then again, that's if your house  More

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Definitely a tourist area. Not a good place to raise kids! Schools are terrible. Decent amount of crime, nothing too extreme. High accident rate. Dear god do NOT drive  More

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Over 13 years ago

I have visited this area and it is very nice. I am thinking of longer stays. The only thing I find troubling is the lower end rating for water in this area in general.  More

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Reviews for Fairfax    28 Reviews

I lived in the area for 17 years through high school until I eventually became a truck driver. Having now seen most states extensively, I wanted to fairly review what  More

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Living in Fairfax, or any of the Northern Virginia suburbs of DC, means dealing with highways that are a Gordian knot of converging lanes and overpasses, making long  More

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Over 9 years ago

The Cost of living here is high. Though the standard of living is also high, unless you're making over 50,000/year, it's difficult to both live and build any sort of  More

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