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Austin, TX vs Dallas, TX

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Dallas has been positive.
- Dallas has 2.3% less unemployment than Austin.
- Dallas job growth has increased by 15.4% in the past 10 years.

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 Austin, TXDallas, TXUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.1%7.4%6.0%
 Future Job Growth47.0%45.1%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-3.3%-3.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth1.7%-2.3%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth6.1%3.6%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth25.5%15.4%6.3%

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Reviews for Austin    449 Reviews

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Good place to visit.  More

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Austin is too expensive. Let's get that out of the way. Other than that it is a fun city. Ladybird Lake makes the city, imo. The ability to stand up paddle, kayak, walk  More

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The city continues to grow quickly, which a lot of people don't like. I get it, you fall in love with a city, and it's growing so fast that you don't recognize the same  More

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Reviews for Dallas    228 Reviews

I seldom review anything but I was inspired by reading the other Dallas reviews to add my two cents. I’ve been here since 2015 and we hope to leave when we can get jobs  More

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I have lived in Dallas, as well as areas around the Dallas Metroplex, for over 20 years. With that said, what I have seen in that time, has not been overly pleasing; and  More

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There is only one thing I found to be relatively good in this city: upscale restaurants. The food is tasty but only in upscale restaurants, I am vegan, and still found  More

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ZIPS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
78745, 78753, 78741, 78748, 78744, 78704, 78758, 78759, 78749, 78723, 40 total
ZIPS IN DALLAS, TEXAS
75217, 75211, 75228, 75243, 75227, 75287, 75216, 75220, 75231, 75206, 47 total

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