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Harlingen, TX vs Sugar Land, TX

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Sugar Land has been positive.
- Sugar Land has 2.4% more unemployment than Harlingen.
- Sugar Land job growth has increased by 43.7% in the past 10 years.
 Harlingen, TXSugar Land, TXUnited States
 Current Unemployment9.0%6.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth27.6%31.3%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-3.6%-5.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.3%28.4%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-1.1%26.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth1.3%43.7%6.3%
Reviews for Harlingen    6 Reviews

Harlingen is a city that offers retirees the most bang for the buck! It is near enough to McAllen and Brownsville and all they offer. You get a wide variety of shopping  More

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This area of the state of Texas is bland to most people from the East and northeast. However the community has everything you need at a price you can afford. Dining out  More

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Over 7 years ago

Here is what you will not get in Harlingen: easy access to great museums and Michelin starred restaurants. However, there are things that counter it. 1) It is  More

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Reviews for Sugar Land    24 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Trust me, Houston and its crime has caught up with Sugar Land in the past 10 years. I've been here for over 25 years, and when we came here there was hardly any mention  More

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I'd like to start by saying I hope that some of the situations in some of the other posts are isolated incidents. Also, I am qualifying this post with: I haven't been a  More

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Since we moved to Sugar land 15 years ago it has grown tremendously. The quality of life has improved, with more places to go and things to do in the area. Property  More

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