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Longview, TX vs Urbana, IL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Urbana has been positive.
- Urbana has 3.8% more unemployment than Longview.
- Urbana job growth has increased by 0.5% in the past 10 years.
 Longview, TXUrbana, ILUnited States
 Current Unemployment8.3%4.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth19.6%29.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-7.1%-4.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.9%-0.6%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-8.6%-0.9%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-7.0%-0.5%6.3%
Reviews for Longview    9 Reviews

I was born and raised here. I don't recommend it. I love religious people but the religious culture here is so suffocating. I felt like I couldn't breath or be  More

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The schools are substandard. Bullying is part of the culture, not only in the schools, but in the work places. The good jobs are 'hidden' - you have to know someone to  More

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Over 14 years ago

Longview, Texas is a growing Northeast Texas town of about 80,000. Lots of families raise their children  More

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Reviews for Urbana    7 Reviews

This town is horrendous. I cannot figure out why they think they are so important, as they wouldn't even exist if the college was not here. Just another worthless 40,000  More

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Over 15 years ago

Greetings: Urbana is a good college town to live but it comes with the usual dependency on the university for most of its cultural entertainment. Thankfully, it has a  More

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Over 16 years ago

Urbana really doesn't have much in the way recreation unless, your into the partying scene and even then there are only a few hangout places. Urbana is more of a  More

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