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East Lansing, MI vs Ann Arbor, MI

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Ann Arbor has been positive.
- Ann Arbor has 0.2% more unemployment than East Lansing.
- Ann Arbor job growth has increased by 7.2% in the past 10 years.

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 East Lansing, MIAnn Arbor, MIUnited States
 Current Unemployment3.7%3.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth36.3%38.1%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-6.9%-6.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-8.1%-4.5%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-5.3%-0.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-2.2%7.2%6.3%

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Reviews for East Lansing    4 Reviews

East Lansing is a wonderful, lively, youthful college town that has gotten better over time. You feel the strong Spartan Spirit everywhere as students, alumni and locals  More

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East Lansing is noted for being the home of one of the first Land Grant colleges -- Michigan State University. MSU has an large campus with an enormous area of land  More

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Over 16 years ago

East Lansing is a very pretty town. The town has had frequent problems with student rioters. Overall 60% of the town is composed of students. I would recommend East  More

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Reviews for Ann Arbor    49 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Highly educated city. traffic and parking is bad. university culture is nice, not sure about elsewhere. no good pizza! if you're looking for food, I recommend "a taste  More

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Uh, compared to my other favorite college towns this one lacks flavor. Safer and kinda pretty, but not the greenest place, it's fine. Good restaurants, music, art,  More

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Over 9 years ago

Ann Arbor bus service (AATA) is quite good. The Detroit Metro Airport is only a 20 min. drive away and is also quite good. The traffic in Ann Arbor is usually mild  More

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ZIPS IN EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN
48823 48825
ZIPS IN ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN
48103 48104 48105 48109

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