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Charleston, SC vs Wilkes-Barre, PA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Wilkes-Barre has been positive.
- Wilkes-Barre has 8.1% less unemployment than Charleston.
- Wilkes-Barre job growth has increased by 3.1% in the past 10 years.

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 Charleston, SCWilkes-Barre, PAUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.0%12.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth35.9%22.9%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-3.7%-6.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth1.0%-6.1%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth3.3%-5.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth17.6%-3.1%6.3%

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Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Charleston is beautiful and unique and incredibly special. If you don't believe me, just ask Anthony Bourdain in his Parts Unknown episode - and he was an insightful  More

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Serious lack of health care and "good old boys club" whereby doctors will not even see the patient but diagnose them based on referring doctor. My sister died there for  More

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Over 4 years ago

Boy, has this once beautiful town changed...for the worse! I initially moved here 20 years ago because the people were so nice, no traffic, great choice of hospitals,  More

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Reviews for Wilkes-Barre    2 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I had the privilege of being born and raised here in Wilkes-Barre. Unfortunately, the town has deteriorated tremendously. I shall list pros vs.  More

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Over 17 years ago

Wilkes-Barre was a wonderful place to go to college. With two schools near each other (King's College and Wilkes College) the atmosphere was exciting. The city of itself  More

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ZIPS IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
29412, 29414, 29407, 29403, 29455, 29492, 29401, 29450, 29409, 29424, 10 total
ZIPS IN WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA
18702 18705 18701

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