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Richmond, VA vs North Charleston, SC

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Highlights
- Job Growth in North Charleston has been positive.
- North Charleston has 1.6% more unemployment than Richmond.
- North Charleston job growth has increased by 21.6% in the past 10 years.

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 Richmond, VANorth Charleston, SCUnited States
 Current Unemployment7.1%5.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth37.1%34.3%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.6%-3.7%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.7%3.1%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth1.9%6.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth13.6%21.6%6.3%

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Reviews for Richmond    109 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Lived here for a year and it’s not perfect but it’s constantly improving now (areas redevloped, more businesses, job growth). Cost of living is great compared to  More

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Over 3 years ago

We love Richmond so much that when we talk about where we'd like to live if we could live anywhere in the US, we always come back to RVA. We live in the city proper  More

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Over 3 years ago

I'm an out-of-towner but am coming up on 1 year in Richmond. I would summarize it this way: the best thing and the worst thing about Richmond is its location. I'll  More

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Reviews for North Charleston    7 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Truth in lending - I lived in North Charleston for 20+ years, but here's my fair assessment of an area I still consider my home. North Charleston has a great variety of  More

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I move to Charleston from Watertown NY, only move here because my husband wanted to be close to his parents, The heat is horrible, the majority of people are so rude and  More

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I recently relocated here from upstate New York. The crime is out of control at least in my personal opinion. There is a shooting/robbery/car-jacking on the news just  More

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ZIPS IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
23223, 23225, 23224, 23220, 23227, 23222, 23226, 23221, 23230, 23219, 11 total
ZIPS IN NORTH CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
29406 29405 29418 29420 29404

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