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La Mesa, CA vs Franklin, TN

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Franklin has been positive.
- Franklin has 3.6% more unemployment than La Mesa.
- Franklin job growth has increased by 39.9% in the past 10 years.
 La Mesa, CAFranklin, TNUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock3.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth32.7%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-5.7%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-8.6%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock18.6%-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 Franklin    27 Reviews

After visiting here for a week in the summer, I fell in love with the city! Lots of my friends in Florida already moved here from New Port Richey and Wesley Chapel. I  More

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I've lived in Tennessee all my life. I have lived in west,east and middle Tennessee. By far this is the best place I have lived. We have been in Franklin for 8 years. It  More

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I love that this is a greatly diverse community with a large African American and Hispanic community around West Main St./Nachez (I'm addicted to Pueblo Real Mexican  More

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