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Boulder, CO vs Columbus, OH

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Columbus has been positive.
- Columbus has 0.6% less unemployment than Boulder.
- Columbus job growth has increased by 14.9% in the past 10 years.
 Boulder, COColumbus, OHUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock5.7%6.0%
 Future Job Growth44.4%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-3.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.0%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock4.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth11.9%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Boulder    55 Reviews

Outside of the university, Boulder had a very distinctive "wealthy hippy" feel. A lot of alternative medicine and a matching ethos. This is changing some among my  More

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We moved here from Texas about 4 years ago and love it here! The amazing sense of community and high regard for the environment are two of the main reasons we love  More

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Over 5 years ago

Most people do much worse than Boulder. I'm the most critical person I've ever met who is never happy or satisfied -- so that's a pretty huge compliment.   More

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Reviews for Columbus    156 Reviews

Ellenore · 
Over 2 years ago

I've lived here for my whole life! Awesome place to  More

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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for  More

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Over 3 years ago

The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer  More

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