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Lancaster, PA vs Jamestown, NY

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Jamestown has been positive.
- Jamestown has 2.3% more unemployment than Lancaster.
- Jamestown job growth has increased by 18.1% in the past 10 years.
 Lancaster, PAJamestown, NYUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock8.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth26.3%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.9%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-11.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth0.2%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Lancaster    14 Reviews

Lancaster is really nice in some parts, but it seems like the further away you get from downtown the worse it gets. I grew up around Saint Joseph and manor and saw  More

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I was there last weekend and was extremely favorably impressed. The only hesitation, and question, I have about the place is the high crime rate. It is hard to tell from  More

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Over 11 years ago

Lancaster is the nation's oldest inland city located in central PA amid Amish farmlands. Walkable and soon to be bike friendly, it offers a variety of great restaurants  More

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Reviews for Jamestown    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

I have lived all over this country and can say that Jamestown is a lovely old city. It has some problems common to small, rural cities in the northeast - lack of job  More

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Over 18 years ago

We have been out West several times and find that we like the wide open spaces. Here in New York the foothills are to close and not enough open  More

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