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Decatur, IL vs Asheville, NC

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Asheville has been positive.
- Asheville has 5.8% more unemployment than Decatur.
- Asheville job growth has increased by 11.9% in the past 10 years.

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 Decatur, ILAsheville, NCUnited States
 Current Unemployment10.3%4.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth22.5%39.8%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-8.2%-9.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-9.7%-5.3%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-10.6%2.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-14.5%11.9%6.3%

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Reviews for Decatur    14 Reviews

I was sent here by the company I worked for in the '90's and was not initially impressed with midwest living. However, over the years I got used to living in the "Pride  More

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I grew up in Decatur and I still have family there, but it depresses me to see what it has become. It has a high unemployment rate, many business have closed or are run  More

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Over 13 years ago

If you enjoy drinking & driving, Decatur's fifteen drive-thru liquor windows, three times the # of drive-thru's than the ten largest cities in Illinois, COMBINED, will  More

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Reviews for Asheville    117 Reviews

Lived around this city my entire life, and have spent countless hours in every part of it- at one point, Asheville was the place to be, it had a high standard of living,  More

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Scotty · 

Asheville has changed dramatically over the pass twenty years . At one time downtown and the charming family friendly neighborhoods within, reminded me of The Waltons  More

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This city is very deceiving. Small but if you look close you see big liberal city problems in this town. Mainly because it is overwhelming liberal. Far left liberals.  More

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ZIPS IN DECATUR, ILLINOIS
62521 62526 62523
ZIPS IN ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
28806 28803 28715 28804 28704 28805 28801

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