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Highlands, NC vs Mount Pleasant, SC

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Mount Pleasant has been positive.
- Mount Pleasant has 1.1% more unemployment than Highlands.
- Mount Pleasant job growth has increased by 39.0% in the past 10 years.
 Highlands, NCMount Pleasant, SCUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.2%3.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth30.4%40.9%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-4.9%-3.7%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-0.6%4.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth1.6%12.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth4.9%39.0%6.3%
Reviews for Highlands    4 Reviews

Love BestPlaces, but most of their statistics are incorrect for the actual town of Highlands which is extremely expensive. I assume they are using information from Macon  More

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Over 3 years ago

This used to be a quaint, quiet, sweet little town, but it has ballooned into a rich man's Mecca. Fist of all, it's a tiny town... so parking is at a premium and it gets  More

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Over 13 years ago

I have run two businesses in Highlands. It is a very seasonal business trend. The rents are high and so is the cost of doing business, including labor cost, cost of  More

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Reviews for Mount Pleasant    15 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Mount Pleasant and the surrounding Charleston area has changed drastically over the years. Entirely too many people have moved here and cost of living is skyrocketing.  More

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I fell in Love with Charleston and its neighboring town over 30 years ago. The people were the nicest and most hospitable people I had ever met. Downtown Charleston  More

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Over 8 years ago

Charleston is an amazing place! I grew up there. Mt. Pleasant will be your most pretentious people. The majority of people that live there now are no originally from  More

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