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Columbia, MD vs Santa Monica, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Santa Monica has been positive.
- Santa Monica has 3.4% less unemployment than Columbia.
- Santa Monica job growth has increased by 2.1% in the past 10 years.
 Columbia, MDSanta Monica, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.5%7.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth34.2%33.0%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-6.2%-12.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-1.8%-12.2%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth2.8%-9.2%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth15.4%-2.1%6.3%
Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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Reviews for Santa Monica    24 Reviews

I moved here to Santa Monica over 10 years ago from Oklahoma City. I was surprised to see that Oklahoma City was ranked higher than Santa Monica on best places. I  More

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I've lived in Santa Monica for over 30 years. It's a Mediterranean climate--sunny and temperate when the rest of the country is under snow! I am walking distance to  More

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I have lived in this city for 4 decades, and it is never been worse than it is now. It is a dangerous disgusting hell hole. Between the crime, the homeless that are not  More

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