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Jacksonville Beach, FL vs Long Beach, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Long Beach has been positive.
- Long Beach has 6.7% less unemployment than Jacksonville Beach.
- Long Beach job growth has increased by 2.8% in the past 10 years.
 Jacksonville Beach, FLLong Beach, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock11.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth44.4%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-12.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-1.0%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-8.6%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth12.8%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Jacksonville Beach    8 Reviews

Moved here from Los Angeles. Couldn’t be happier - great climate, great people, low taxes and cost of living. No complaints  More

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Over 15 years ago

Great lifestyle! Residential beach community with one of the lowest chances of receiving a direct hurricane hit along the Florida coastline. You will find fabulous  More

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Over 16 years ago

Never realized how much cooler living by the beach can  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 5 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 7 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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