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Carrboro, NC vs Boulder, CO

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Boulder has been positive.
- Boulder has 1.9% less unemployment than Carrboro.
- Boulder job growth has increased by 11.9% in the past 10 years.

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 Carrboro, NCBoulder, COUnited States
 Current Unemployment3.2%5.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth39.5%44.4%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.6%-5.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth0.0%-3.0%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth5.3%1.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth12.1%11.9%6.3%

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Reviews for Carrboro    4 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Carrboro is basically a bedroom community, where people who work at or study at UNC over in Chapel Hill lay down for the night. All day they work at UNC only to pay the  More

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Carrboro has a strong civic life with a lot of local participation and visionary politics towards making a more sustainable and just community. The center of town has  More

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Over 14 years ago

climate is good, 4 seasons, winter is short with just a little  More

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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 4 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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27510
ZIPS IN BOULDER, COLORADO
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