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Florence, KY vs Chesapeake, VA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Chesapeake has been positive.
- Chesapeake has 0.7% less unemployment than Florence.
- Chesapeake job growth has increased by 9.0% in the past 10 years.
 Florence, KYChesapeake, VAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock5.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth40.0%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-5.8%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-1.3%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock2.7%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth12.2%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Florence    5 Reviews

It's a great place to live if you are a redneck. Really, when you cross over from Ohio it's like going to another country. I grew up here and spent my formative  More

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Over 11 years ago

Northern Kentucky is just too far north for me. Too much influence from Ohio. I'm a southern girl at heart and I'm looking to get down to the true south.  More

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Raised in Northern kentucky my entire life, I moved to San Antonio Texas last year at age 19. I am now 20, and have a soft spot for Florence... It's a suburban culture,  More

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Reviews for Chesapeake    33 Reviews

I lived here in Virginia near the Cedar Rd. not so far from Tidewater Community college. If you want a great place to live to raise children, its Chesapeake  More

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I live around this area currently, in the "Hampton Roads". Which consists of Virginia Beach, Suffolk, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News, Hampton, and Chesapeake. We're  More

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I was born in Hampton Roads and lived there for more than 65 years. We lived in the city of Chesapeake for three years from 2014-2017. Frankly, we were very glad to  More

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