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Parkersburg, WV vs Waynesville, NC

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- Job Growth in Waynesville has been positive.
- Waynesville has 3.3% more unemployment than Parkersburg.
- Waynesville job growth has increased by 6.5% in the past 10 years.

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 Parkersburg, WVWaynesville, NCUnited States
 Current Unemployment7.5%4.2%6.0%
 Future Job Growth17.9%40.7%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.1%-9.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.9%-4.5%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-7.6%1.2%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-9.7%6.5%6.3%

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Reviews for Parkersburg    10 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

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Over 14 years ago

Just like most places, Parkersburg definitely has it's pros and cons. The pros: pretty low crime rate (although it's growing more and more every year), typically no  More

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Have worked at St Josephs for the past 11 weeks as a travel RN in the CVICU. A very friendly hospital, great hospitalist and physician availability with CV surgeons of  More

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Reviews for Waynesville    4 Reviews

The post below was written a little less than 10 years ago and only a few months prior to my move to Waynesville. Anyone who moves to any city should do research before  More

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Over 16 years ago

Waynesville is a small town trying to keep up with the big dogs across the mountains. It puts on shows and have festivals downtown but it is not good enough. I have  More

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For those of us who weren't reared there, Waynesville, NC lends itself best to being a small-town retirement community. The "Gateway to the Smokies" is a blissfully  More

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28786

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