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Fairfax, VA vs Indianapolis, IN

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Indianapolis has been positive.
- Indianapolis has 1.3% less unemployment than Fairfax.
- Indianapolis job growth has increased by 12.3% in the past 10 years.

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 Fairfax, VAIndianapolis, INUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.3%5.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth39.1%37.5%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.3%-4.7%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.8%-2.0%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-0.9%1.7%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth2.8%12.3%6.3%

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Reviews for Fairfax    28 Reviews

I lived in the area for 17 years through high school until I eventually became a truck driver. Having now seen most states extensively, I wanted to fairly review what  More

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Living in Fairfax, or any of the Northern Virginia suburbs of DC, means dealing with highways that are a Gordian knot of converging lanes and overpasses, making long  More

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Over 9 years ago

The Cost of living here is high. Though the standard of living is also high, unless you're making over 50,000/year, it's difficult to both live and build any sort of  More

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Reviews for Indianapolis    153 Reviews

No car? This city is built for cars. Not friendly to pedestrians; the lack of sidewalks is confounding. Public transportation is limited, with a "spoke wheel" layout  More

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Over 3 years ago

This is a response to another review, but everything I say here is true and I have been a lifelong Indy resident and feel this needs said. The only factual part is  More

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Over 3 years ago

Housing is overpriced unless you want to live in a **** hole with cockroaches, mold, cars broken into. There's way too many potholes. Theres a deadly shooting everyday.  More

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ZIPS IN FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA
22030
ZIPS IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
46254, 46237, 46203, 46222, 46220, 46217, 46235, 46241, 46201, 46234, 27 total

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