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Long Beach, CA vs Lehigh Acres, FL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Lehigh Acres has been positive.
- Lehigh Acres has 6.9% more unemployment than Long Beach.
- Lehigh Acres job growth has increased by 29.8% in the past 10 years.
 Long Beach, CALehigh Acres, FLUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth32.5%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-5.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-11.6%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock5.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-2.8%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Long Beach    45 Reviews

Local born and bred. This place is going down the drain. Crime is up, housing is up, yuppies finding nothing wrong with it since they want to validate spending 3k on a 2  More

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Angelique · 
Over 6 years ago

I love Long Beach. I especially shoreline village and the aquarium of the pacific. The only big problem here (for me) is crime. Otherwise, nice  More

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Over 8 years ago

The cost of living is extremely high and there are way too many apartments or multi unit homes which have no parking. But with everyone living on top of each other it  More

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Reviews for Lehigh Acres    11 Reviews

I grew up in Lehigh and liked it better then now it has too many people. The crime is worse now with the growth in population. I miss my small town that no one seemed  More

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Over 8 years ago

I love the hometown feel. They have a great VFW and American Legion to socialize. Great Climate the cost of living is much cheaper than Cape Coral . You are close to  More

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Michael · 

I have lived in Lehigh Acres for most of my life. Throughout the years I've been living there, I've been physically attacked in the schools (growing up), physically  More

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