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La Mesa, CA vs Council Bluffs, IA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Council Bluffs has been positive.
- Council Bluffs has 2.1% more unemployment than La Mesa.
- Council Bluffs job growth has increased by 5.4% in the past 10 years.
 La Mesa, CACouncil Bluffs, IAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth32.7%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-5.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-8.6%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-5.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-0.3%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for La Mesa    9 Reviews

The same San Diego prices and high taxes, but not the nice weather. 15 degrees hotter than the coast. Save the money and move to AZ if you like the climate in La Mesa.  More

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I now live in Wyoming but I was a third generation San Diegan, my maternal grandmother having been born on Coronado Island in 1894. If you are a new arrival to the  More

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I Need Correct Information I lived there Over 20 Years  More

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Reviews for Council Bluffs    4 Reviews

It's an okay city. Nothing special really. All the fun things to do and good restaurants are across the river in Omaha. I will say CB has some pretty good recreational  More

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Over 9 years ago

Quietly over the years this community has taken untold amounts of riverfront casino tax dollars and converted them into hundreds and hundreds of community improvement  More

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Over 15 years ago

here in council bluffs iowa, we have low crime rate. There have been an increase in shopping areas in the last 2 years and lots of new resturants and three casinos. It  More

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