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Lake Forest, CA vs Friendswood, TX

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Friendswood has been positive.
- Friendswood has 1.1% less unemployment than Lake Forest.
- Friendswood job growth has increased by 7.5% in the past 10 years.
 Lake Forest, CAFriendswood, TXUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.6%6.7%6.0%
 Future Job Growth34.8%33.9%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-9.6%-5.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-6.8%-3.1%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-3.1%-2.1%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth7.2%7.5%6.3%
Reviews for Lake Forest    16 Reviews

I've lived in Lake Forest for over a decade, before that elsewhere in OC and also up in LA. Lake Forest isn't perfect but it's really improved over the past decade,  More

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As a retired senior who has lived in Lake Forest (formerly El Toro) since 1977 I think LF is a great place if you can afford it. When we moved here in June '77 homes  More

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I’ve lived here for 2 years. Ok, it’s more like a 4 but there are so many idiots downplaying what it’s like here and giving Lake Forest ones and twos. There are a lot of  More

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Reviews for Friendswood    3 Reviews

I grew up here and this is a very safe but maybe considered boring place by some. There are a lot of fun thing close by that you can do. Challenger 7 park, Galveston,  More

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We lived in Friendswood, Texas for over 5 years. Our g-son graduated from high school in 2020 there and we are very pleased with the teacher to student ratio, the  More

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Growing up in Friendswood over the last 40+ years, the changes are apparent every where. My home is where there used to be rice fields and we watched planes crop dust.   More

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