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Lake Forest, IL vs Palm Beach, FL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Palm Beach has been positive.
- Palm Beach has 1.7% more unemployment than Lake Forest.
- Palm Beach job growth has increased by 15.9% in the past 10 years.
 Lake Forest, ILPalm Beach, FLUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.7%6.0%
 Future Job Growth32.8%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-5.9%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock0.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth0.9%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Lake Forest    4 Reviews

We relocated cross county to Lake Forest about a year ago due to a job change. We looked at nearby communities, within proximity of the work commute (the office is in  More

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Be prepared for a so called upscale town with entitled, overpaid, snooty people from teenagers who sneer at you to adults who look you up and down, who make demands on a  More

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Over 15 years ago

Long cold winters, short cold springs, hot humid summers, nice  More

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Reviews for Palm Beach    1 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

You air quality and some of your others stats must be based on a "Palm Beach County" unless ocean breezes on Palm Beach city qualify as "bad  More

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