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Loveland, CO vs Carlsbad, NM

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Carlsbad has been positive.
- Carlsbad has 2.1% less unemployment than Loveland.
- Carlsbad job growth has increased by 37.8% in the past 10 years.
 Loveland, COCarlsbad, NMUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock8.4%6.0%
 Future Job Growth52.1%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-0.6%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock11.6%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth21.4%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Loveland    10 Reviews

I have lived in Loveland 40 years. Where to start? It would take all day to really go into detail so I will just say NO NO NO! It was nice once, now it is not,  More

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Loveland CO and Ft Collins are very near one another, and someday the whole place will probably be one big conglomeration! It was ok. My problem was that I never  More

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Over 8 years ago

I have lived here for 20 years and it used to be a quiet, cheap, sparsely populated and nice place to live. It took 10 minutes to go to the bank or drive across town  More

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Reviews for Carlsbad    16 Reviews

I've only been here for a few months, but I can quickly sum up this town as a rundown truck stop, perpetually buffeted by relentless wind, dirt, and hot air. The gas  More

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Over 3 years ago

We used to visit here every few years from Michigan just to see the Living Desert State Park. A very long way to drive to spend a a couple of days in this hauntingly  More

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Been here 9 years. Very difficult place. Price gouging, extremely expensive to live here. Crazy amounts of crime, cops do nothing. Very crowded, bad traffic and crazy  More

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