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Portsmouth, VA vs Greenville, NC

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Greenville has been positive.
- Greenville has 3.6% more unemployment than Portsmouth.
- Greenville job growth has increased by 7.9% in the past 10 years.

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 Portsmouth, VAGreenville, NCUnited States
 Current Unemployment8.5%4.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth29.6%32.1%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.8%-5.8%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.0%-3.5%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-3.0%-0.7%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-1.6%7.9%6.3%

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Reviews for Portsmouth    4 Reviews

I have lived in Westhaven neighborhood in Portsmouth for 23 yrs. I have never smelled a paper mill in Portsmouth. I grew up in MA about a mile from one, so I know what  More

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Over 14 years ago

Housing not always  More

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Does anyone living near Portsmouth, VA smell a paper  More

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Reviews for Greenville    27 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Greenville is congested, dirty, drug and bug infested. Poverty levels rising because the elite in the city pool their resources to keep the housing prices extremely high  More

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Love this place, it's changed so much over the past 5 to 10 years and is growing in such a great direction. I can't wait to see how it grows in the years to come. Cost  More

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Over 8 years ago

absolutely avoid this place. I was (also) tricked to work at ECU unless someone thinks I am dumb enough to willfully drive 953 miles away from a vested position for a  More

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ZIPS IN PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA
23703 23701 23704 23707 23702 23709 23708
ZIPS IN GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
27858 27834

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