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Fayetteville, NC vs Hickory, NC

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- Job Growth in Hickory has been positive.
- Hickory has 2.6% more unemployment than Fayetteville.
- Hickory job growth has increased by 4.6% in the past 10 years.
 Fayetteville, NCHickory, NCUnited States
 Current Unemployment7.1%4.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth30.2%38.7%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-6.6%-6.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.9%-4.5%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-1.1%0.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-2.8%4.6%6.3%
Reviews for Fayetteville    46 Reviews

I have lived in Fayetteville for 21 years and I LOVE IT! Fayetteville is a military town and that is what brought my husband and I here originally. Since January 2000  More

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I've lived in the area for a little over ten years - after moving around to many, many places in my career - and I find that Fay is overall pretty much average. Most of  More

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I've lived in the area for a little over ten years - after moving around to many, many places in my career - and I find that Fay is overall pretty much average. Most of  More

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Reviews for Hickory    8 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Hickory is has wonderful amenities such as the science museum, children's museum, aquarium, art museum, symphony orchestra, and great universities. Its not far from  More

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Over 2 years ago

Hickory is a nice place to live. There are great parks here. Glen Hilton is a beautiful park with lots of play structures and tall trees nice elevated walking path.  More

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Cons, No ethnic diversity"... How is that a "Con"? That means it has a rich traditional culture, where most people share a interest in the same  More

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