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Herndon, VA vs Long Beach, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Long Beach has been positive.
- Long Beach has 6.9% less unemployment than Herndon.
- Long Beach job growth has increased by 2.8% in the past 10 years.
 Herndon, VALong Beach, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock11.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth36.7%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-12.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.6%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-8.6%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth2.2%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Herndon    12 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Seasons tend to be relatively mild. The warmer seasons are extended by 3-4 weeks as compared to the New York Metropolitan Area.  More

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Over 17 years ago

Traffic has gotten out of control the last couple of  More

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Over 17 years ago

We actually live south of Herndon in Oak Hill (Zip Code 20171). The Town of Herndon is incorporated, Oak Hill is not. Herndon is a nice enough city with an historic area  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 6 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 8 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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