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Edmonds, WA vs Long Beach, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Long Beach has been positive.
- Long Beach has 6.3% less unemployment than Edmonds.
- Long Beach job growth has increased by 2.8% in the past 10 years.
 Edmonds, WALong Beach, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock11.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth39.3%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-12.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.2%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-8.6%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth9.1%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Edmonds    11 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Please let me hear from people ages 60 and up who live in Edmonds and what it is like. Going to move next year to be nearer my son.   More

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Over 13 years ago

As many of you know, the Northwest is known for its quality of life and is indeed a great place to live. I'm a Seattle area native who grew up here and also lived in  More

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Over 13 years ago

Edmonds, WA is one of the best suburbs to live in if you are looking to work in Seattle. It used to be a short 20 minute commute downtown when I was growing up (the  More

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Reviews for Long Beach    45 Reviews

Local born and bred. This place is going down the drain. Crime is up, housing is up, yuppies finding nothing wrong with it since they want to validate spending 3k on a 2  More

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Angelique · 
Over 5 years ago

I love Long Beach. I especially shoreline village and the aquarium of the pacific. The only big problem here (for me) is crime. Otherwise, nice  More

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Over 7 years ago

The cost of living is extremely high and there are way too many apartments or multi unit homes which have no parking. But with everyone living on top of each other it  More

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