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Lakeland, FL vs Hazleton, PA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Hazleton has been positive.
- Hazleton has 11.2% less unemployment than Lakeland.
- Hazleton job growth has increased by 3.5% in the past 10 years.
 Lakeland, FLHazleton, PAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock16.8%6.0%
 Future Job Growth42.5%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth1.5%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-5.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth12.8%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Lakeland    27 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I used to live in Lakeland, It is hot, humid, crowded and getting more crowded, Most of the people are rude and unfriendly. I was born in the area and visit sometimes to  More

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Over 4 years ago

been there a few times i love it and i a m planning to ove this  More

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Over 7 years ago

Perhas if one is from this area, it is different I don't know. It is so dull and seems comfortable being so. There isn't much of a variety of people here, which I   More

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Reviews for Hazleton    6 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I saw that arts and culture is a listed con for this city. This is simply untrue. This city has a great up and coming Arts  More

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As a longtime resident of the Hazleton Area, I can tell you it is one of the worst places to live in this country and I am sorry that I didn't run the second I graduated  More

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here you can go shopping or you can go to the lakes, not a lot other things to do. locals like to go hunting dear, ride motorcycles. a good thing is that you can drive  More

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