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Dover, DE vs Rapid City, SD

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Rapid City has been positive.
- Rapid City has 7.2% more unemployment than Dover.
- Rapid City job growth has increased by 8.6% in the past 10 years.
 Dover, DERapid City, SDUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock3.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth32.2%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-2.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-1.6%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock2.7%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth4.4%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Dover    9 Reviews

Key points are "an excellent quality of life and a low crime rate" as well as low taxes. Delaware attracts the highest percentage of retirees, plus people of all other  More

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Dover, DE is a great placed to live. I work at OCEAN, which is a non profit organization that sponsors high school exchange students. We had foreign students reside in  More

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Over 8 years ago

Dover, like any town other than Newark, is very unsophisticated, boring, unfriendly, and uneducated. I've resided in many states and Delaware will be the state that I  More

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Reviews for Rapid City    31 Reviews

I have lived in this city for the last three and half years and I can't stand it!! Let me spell it out for you, but to be fair, let me give you the Pros first:  More

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Unless you made your pension out of state or already bought a home you can't afford to liver there. Rapid City is gray in winter.  More

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Over 5 years ago

I've lived in the city 5 years a loved  More

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