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East Lansing, MI vs Oakton, VA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Oakton has been positive.
- Oakton has 0.9% less unemployment than East Lansing.
- Oakton job growth has increased by 2.2% in the past 10 years.
 East Lansing, MIOakton, VAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth36.3%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-5.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-8.1%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-0.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-2.2%  Unlock6.3%
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 17 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 Oakton    5 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Oakton is a good place to live, though house prices are high.  More

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Over 16 years ago

Great place to live as Fairfax county allows archery hunting on any size acreage. Plenty of whitetail deer roaming about eating your shrubs make tasty treats. Whitetail  More

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Over 17 years ago

The schools are top notch, and there is so much to do in DC, only 20 miles  More

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