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East St. Louis, IL vs Evanston, IL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Evanston has been positive.
- Evanston has 6.2% more unemployment than East St. Louis.
- Evanston job growth has increased by 4.5% in the past 10 years.
 East St. Louis, ILEvanston, ILUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock5.8%6.0%
 Future Job Growth27.6%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-9.4%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-6.5%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-9.9%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-3.6%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for East St. Louis    4 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

FACT CHECK: The reason for the City Of Champions moniker, is that it really is on an almost unimaginable scale. This just one news excerpt of many, many, many over years  More

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Over 7 years ago

East St louis is paradise on earth. vibrant night life and great  More

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Over 17 years ago

East st louis has a very depressed economy, virtually no employment, poor housing with a significant high property tax rate, virtually no employment opportunities,  More

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Reviews for Evanston    20 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

be sure to take pictures of where you park... Full-scale parking scam going on in this town. They purposely obscure self-pay parking signs. Nine out of 10 visitors  More

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I've lived here for two years for school. Terrible place for students. Northwestern is a great school/campus, but the city itself is NOT student friendly. Everything  More

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Aside from everything else mentioned on this site about the bad aspects of Evanston - bot be overlooked is the NOISE. The People's Republic of Evanston CATERS to the  More

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