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Lake Charles, LA vs Crestview, FL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Crestview has been positive.
- Crestview has 4.7% more unemployment than Lake Charles.
- Crestview job growth has increased by 11.8% in the past 10 years.
 Lake Charles, LACrestview, FLUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth54.2%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-3.4%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-13.5%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock3.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth13.3%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Lake Charles    34 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I’ve lived in the city for years and it’s great, you should really check it  More

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Over 5 years ago

Lake Charles, Louisiana is one of the absolute creepiest cities in the USA. The people feel dead inside. They also seem to secretly hate each other. It is also an  More

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Beware reader, the city of Lake Charles is an absolute sh*thole. If you are traveling through I-10 you might want to skip this place. This place is the very worst of the  More

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Reviews for Crestview    8 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Its humid here. you will stick to  More

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Over 13 years ago

I just relocated to Crestview. Been a very big roller coaster ride for me but all in all not a bad place. My 1st mistake is I rented a house site unseen. once I  More

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I just moved here and I absolutely hate this town! They only have 3 main grocery stores: Publix, Winn-Dixie, and Walmart. Publix and Winn-Dixie are some of the most  More

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