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Lexington, KY vs Greenville, NC

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Greenville has been positive.
- Greenville has 0.6% less unemployment than Lexington.
- Greenville job growth has increased by 7.9% in the past 10 years.
 Lexington, KYGreenville, NCUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.3%4.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth37.8%32.1%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-4.5%-5.8%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.9%-3.5%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth0.5%-0.7%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth7.0%7.9%6.3%
Reviews for Lexington    62 Reviews

Lexington is a beautiful city. There are tons of tree lined streets and even trees in both sides of the city's only freeway. It's relatively small, which can be both  More

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Over 3 years ago

Very beautiful/underrated city!!  More

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I have lived here now for over five years, originally from the west coast and here is my top 10 for why you should NOT move here. #1 The Culture: They have none, it  More

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Reviews for Greenville    27 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Greenville is congested, dirty, drug and bug infested. Poverty levels rising because the elite in the city pool their resources to keep the housing prices extremely high  More

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Love this place, it's changed so much over the past 5 to 10 years and is growing in such a great direction. I can't wait to see how it grows in the years to come. Cost  More

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Over 8 years ago

absolutely avoid this place. I was (also) tricked to work at ECU unless someone thinks I am dumb enough to willfully drive 953 miles away from a vested position for a  More

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