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Birmingham, AL vs Midland, TX

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Midland has been positive.
- Midland has 1.8% less unemployment than Birmingham.
- Midland job growth has increased by 36.6% in the past 10 years.
 Birmingham, ALMidland, TXUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.6%7.4%6.0%
 Future Job Growth29.2%48.3%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-3.7%-13.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-0.4%2.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth0.2%5.9%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth2.2%36.6%6.3%
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 4 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 Midland    36 Reviews

We came from Central CA to Midland, TX for work. We love this amazing city. People are kind, caring & thoughtful. We love the neighborhood and people ate so giving of  More

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I lived in Midland for 10 years (about 20 years ago) and have returned for family reasons. Have noticed Midland has really grown and is sprawling out along I20 toward  More

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Over 5 years ago

Midland is somewhat of a paradox, people move here for the job opportunities. You live here so that you can make a good living, but all your money goes to the high cost  More

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