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Southport, NC vs Asheville, NC

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Asheville has been positive.
- Asheville has 1.3% more unemployment than Southport.
- Asheville job growth has increased by 11.9% in the past 10 years.

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 Southport, NCAsheville, NCUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.8%4.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth42.8%39.8%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-8.7%-9.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-1.5%-5.3%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth5.9%2.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth16.5%11.9%6.3%

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Reviews for Southport    3 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

I found the other reviews interesting stating that the housing market is priced high. This is very subjective and based on what they've looked at. We live in NJ and are  More

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Over 14 years ago

I hated to leave the other reveiw stand alone. Yes cost of living is higher in Southport than say Whiteville or Fayetteville. You do pay a premium to live next to the  More

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Over 16 years ago

Southport is a great place to live if you can stand the cost of living. Housing prices are high, taxes are high, and utilities are expensive. The city of Southport is  More

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Reviews for Asheville    117 Reviews

Lived around this city my entire life, and have spent countless hours in every part of it- at one point, Asheville was the place to be, it had a high standard of living,  More

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Scotty · 

Asheville has changed dramatically over the pass twenty years . At one time downtown and the charming family friendly neighborhoods within, reminded me of The Waltons  More

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This city is very deceiving. Small but if you look close you see big liberal city problems in this town. Mainly because it is overwhelming liberal. Far left liberals.  More

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