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Lawton, OK vs Lancaster, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Lancaster has been positive.
- Lancaster has 11.4% less unemployment than Lawton.
- Lancaster job growth has increased by 2.3% in the past 10 years.
 Lawton, OKLancaster, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock15.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth22.7%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-12.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.0%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-8.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-8.5%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Lawton    45 Reviews

If I could give this place less than a star I would. When we moved down here from Pennsylvania we expected southern hospitality. This town is so far from that its  More

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It's a military town with nothing to offer. People will say cheap gas, cheap property, decent climate and museums. Yes this is all true of Lawton Oklahoma, BUT that's  More

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The only good thing about Lawton is that it's close to a nice wildlife refuge, which has great hiking, and some buffalo. Lawton tricked U.S. businesses into coming into  More

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Reviews for Lancaster    48 Reviews

Worse than even Compton in some ways... worse than hell overall. This place is so bad you will want to off yourself every day just by being here, but probably not too  More

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Over 6 years ago

I was born here, then grew up here for 17 years and joined the Army as a teen, but constantly went back to visit my parents and friends. I lived there again for 4 years  More

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Over 8 years ago

Moved to the Eastside of Lancaster. I have target, lowes, the whole wheatery, homedepot, bank of America, wells Fargo, Walmart, traders Joe's, Carl's jr, burger king,  More

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