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Long Beach, CA vs McAllen, TX

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Highlights
- Job Growth in McAllen has been positive.
- McAllen has 3.6% more unemployment than Long Beach.
- McAllen job growth has increased by 11.1% in the past 10 years.

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 Long Beach, CAMcAllen, TXUnited States
 Current Unemployment11.5%7.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth32.5%36.1%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-12.2%-3.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-11.6%-0.3%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-8.6%3.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-2.8%11.1%6.3%

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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 4 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 6 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 Mcallen    17 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

My wife and I are snowbirds from Iowa. We tried the McAllen area for a couple of seasons. We didn't like it, and have since opted for Mesa, AZ. Mesa ranked No. 8 in the  More

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On transfer here for two years now. Pros: Daytime traffic is pretty decent, when using Interstate 2. Home prices are cheaper, when compared to the national average.  More

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Over 10 years ago

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ZIPS IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA
90805, 90813, 90806, 90815, 90802, 90804, 90810, 90808, 90807, 90803, 13 total
ZIPS IN MCALLEN, TEXAS
78501 78504 78503

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