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Bay Shore, NY vs Bakersfield, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Bakersfield has been positive.
- Bakersfield has 1.9% less unemployment than Bay Shore.
- Bakersfield job growth has increased by 10.6% in the past 10 years.
 Bay Shore, NYBakersfield, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock8.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth26.8%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-5.6%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-3.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-2.4%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Bay Shore    6 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Long Island is very expensive. Bay Shore is definitely one of the cheaper parts of the island, but it's still  More

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Over 13 years ago

Great community but saddled with taxes that are detracting from the quality of life here on Long  More

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I find the quality of life here in Bay Shore becoming more and more difficult. Due to the lack of convenient public transportation our population is forced to clog the  More

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Reviews for Bakersfield    75 Reviews

I am a millennial, born and raised here. As someone who wrestled with staying for years, there are a lot of valid reasons to not come to Bakersfield. Air quality, summer  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have lived here all of my life. 40+ years. It used to be fun and kinda safe but now it is so scary to go outside. We are literally a homeless dumping ground and there  More

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I moved here from Seattle 25 years ago, when it had a population of 200,000, and practically the only place to get coffee was a place called “Duke’s Ranch”. Why did I  More

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