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Coos Bay, OR vs Long Beach, CA

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- Job Growth in Long Beach has been positive.
- Long Beach has 3.7% less unemployment than Coos Bay.
- Long Beach job growth has increased by 2.8% in the past 10 years.
 Coos Bay, ORLong Beach, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock11.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth31.1%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-12.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.8%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-8.6%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-0.2%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Coos Bay    11 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Residents since 1990. Pros: The weather is exceptionally mild. We find it a very inexpensive, convenient, and laid back place to live. North Bend has an airport (OTH)  More

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My son is thinking about moving to coos bay, I have read some comments, doesn't sound so good. He has a family and he thinks he can get a good job. He lives in colorado.  More

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Over 12 years ago

nice  More

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Reviews for Long Beach    45 Reviews

Local born and bred. This place is going down the drain. Crime is up, housing is up, yuppies finding nothing wrong with it since they want to validate spending 3k on a 2  More

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Angelique · 
Over 6 years ago

I love Long Beach. I especially shoreline village and the aquarium of the pacific. The only big problem here (for me) is crime. Otherwise, nice  More

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Over 8 years ago

The cost of living is extremely high and there are way too many apartments or multi unit homes which have no parking. But with everyone living on top of each other it  More

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