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Washington, DC vs New Orleans, LA

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- Job Growth in New Orleans has been positive.
- New Orleans has 4.0% less unemployment than Washington.
- New Orleans job growth has increased by 7.2% in the past 10 years.

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 Washington, DCNew Orleans, LAUnited States
 Current Unemployment7.0%11.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth33.7%25.1%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-4.1%-7.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-0.6%-5.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth4.2%-5.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth20.7%7.2%6.3%

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Reviews for Washington    97 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Living in DC long term brings on a kind of insidious misery. A long, slow, simmering down of any natural optimism or desire for a better future. It’s a leach of a town  More

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Over 4 years ago

Parts are beautiful but alot is rundown and ghetto. They always show the monuments and upper nw neighborhoods but never show hoods across the Anacostia River. Crime is  More

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Moved to DC 40 years ago from Mpls-St. Paul. DC is an amazing town. Downside is people are very competitive, everything is expensive. Great restaurants, foodie heaven  More

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Reviews for New Orleans    87 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I have lived in NOLA for 6 years. Like all cities, you must take the good with the bad. It is more expensive than what you read about on the internet. The drivers are  More

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Over 2 years ago

I've lived here for going on 3 years. The person who lives with me wanted us to move here. It got old for me very soon after we moved here. Neither of us like it.   More

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Lived here 20 years, transplant from a dank Midwestern metropolis. For the first 15 years I was pretty much one of those rabid people foaming at the mouth whenever  More

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ZIPS IN WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
20011, 20002, 20019, 20020, 20009, 20001, 20032, 20016, 20010, 20003, 45 total
ZIPS IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
70119, 70122, 70118, 70131, 70115, 70126, 70117, 70127, 70114, 70124, 19 total

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