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Hickory, NC vs Salem, OR

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Salem has been positive.
- Salem has 1.7% less unemployment than Hickory.
- Salem job growth has increased by 12.1% in the past 10 years.
 Hickory, NCSalem, ORUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.5%6.2%6.0%
 Future Job Growth38.7%40.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-6.5%-2.8%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.5%0.1%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth0.0%6.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth4.6%12.1%6.3%
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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Reviews for Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 4 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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