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Denver, CO vs Council Bluffs, IA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Council Bluffs has been positive.
- Council Bluffs has 2.5% more unemployment than Denver.
- Council Bluffs job growth has increased by 5.4% in the past 10 years.
 Denver, COCouncil Bluffs, IAUnited States
 Current Unemployment7.1%4.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth45.0%27.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-4.9%-5.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth0.3%-3.5%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth7.4%-5.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth24.1%-5.4%6.3%
Reviews for Denver    470 Reviews

During my 25 years in Denver, I’ve witnessed trends found in other metro areas: homeless camps, panhandlers, worsening traffic, increased crime and rapidly appreciating  More

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I've lived in the Denver area for about eight years now. Moved here for college planning to get out as soon as I was done with college, and predictably got stuck  More

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I've lived in the city since I was born (1998) and I just was ready to get out. I'm a Denver native and I am ashamed of my city. I moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  More

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Reviews for Council Bluffs    4 Reviews

It's an okay city. Nothing special really. All the fun things to do and good restaurants are across the river in Omaha. I will say CB has some pretty good recreational  More

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Over 8 years ago

Quietly over the years this community has taken untold amounts of riverfront casino tax dollars and converted them into hundreds and hundreds of community improvement  More

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Over 14 years ago

here in council bluffs iowa, we have low crime rate. There have been an increase in shopping areas in the last 2 years and lots of new resturants and three casinos. It  More

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