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Birmingham, AL vs Denver, NC

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Denver has been positive.
- Denver has 1.7% more unemployment than Birmingham.
- Denver job growth has increased by 15.3% in the past 10 years.
 Birmingham, ALDenver, NCUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock3.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth29.2%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-5.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-0.4%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock5.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth2.2%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Birmingham    25 Reviews

Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

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Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

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Over 6 years ago

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  More

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Reviews for Denver    2 Reviews

Moving from a more active city in Florida, I also agree that Denver NC is a slower pace type of town. Much more rural than most towns, but the thing I like the most  More

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Over 12 years ago

Living in Denver NC is definitely quite and a slower pace than I'm used to even though we don't have a Starbucks there is also not a lot of bars or very much crime. The  More

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