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Kemmerer, WY vs Bakersfield, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Bakersfield has been positive.
- Bakersfield has 2.8% less unemployment than Kemmerer.
- Bakersfield job growth has increased by 10.6% in the past 10 years.
 Kemmerer, WYBakersfield, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock8.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth32.4%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth4.8%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-3.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth13.2%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Kemmerer    4 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Kemmerer is a wonderful place to raise a family! I love the people and the history of this  More

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Over 16 years ago

The whorehouse closed in the early 1980's. There's two bars downtown and one near the BLM office in Frontier. The shops along Main St. are mostly boarded up or run  More

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Over 18 years ago

When winter comes, the highways can be closed for days at a time. However, I would recommend "The Southern Comfort," the house of prositution on the south end of town.  More

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Reviews for Bakersfield    75 Reviews

I am a millennial, born and raised here. As someone who wrestled with staying for years, there are a lot of valid reasons to not come to Bakersfield. Air quality, summer  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have lived here all of my life. 40+ years. It used to be fun and kinda safe but now it is so scary to go outside. We are literally a homeless dumping ground and there  More

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I moved here from Seattle 25 years ago, when it had a population of 200,000, and practically the only place to get coffee was a place called “Duke’s Ranch”. Why did I  More

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