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Bossier City, LA vs Mena, AR

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Mena has been positive.
- Mena has 0.2% more unemployment than Bossier City.
- Mena job growth has increased by 10.6% in the past 10 years.

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 Bossier City, LAMena, ARUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.2%5.4%6.0%
 Future Job Growth21.2%18.8%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.2%-3.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.7%-2.5%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-4.2%-5.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth1.3%-10.6%6.3%

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Reviews for Bossier City    5 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Bossier City is pretty much where people from Shreveport go when they get fed up with the crime, dysfunction, and high taxes over there. That said, it is no paradise.   More

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This is sort of the "good side" of the Red River. A little safer than Shreveport, but not by much! Has some modern stores and livable apartments. Just be wary of who  More

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Over 10 years ago

Lived here for 7 years, ready to leave, mind you. There are a number of colleges including a state university branch. It gets terribly hot and humid in the summer with  More

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Reviews for Mena    4 Reviews

No jobs, nothing to do for retirees, nothing to do for teens or children. If you are not connected to local families you will never be accepted. Before even considering  More

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I grew up in Mena, AR and left there when I joined the Marine Corps. I never used drugs, most of the guys were active in sports and there were NO TEENS pregnant at the  More

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I read with astonishment the only review of Mena Arkansas, and I must disaggree. I moved here in 2005 from crowded and congested Florida and have never regretted the  More

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ZIPS IN BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA
71111 71112 71110
ZIPS IN MENA, ARKANSAS
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