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Miami, FL vs Lake Placid, FL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Lake Placid has been positive.
- Lake Placid has 2.1% more unemployment than Miami.
- Lake Placid job growth has increased by 1.4% in the past 10 years.
 Miami, FLLake Placid, FLUnited States
 Current Unemployment8.3%6.2%6.0%
 Future Job Growth42.7%30.4%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-11.1%-6.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-5.6%-6.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth2.8%-2.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth17.9%-1.4%6.3%
Reviews for Miami    189 Reviews

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Great vacation spot with the best clubs and food. Wynwood and the Miami Design District are the best, just be careful at night. Area tends to jack prices up around  More

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Miami is rapidly devolving into a filthy, crime ridden, unattractive extension of Central America and South America. The population is a bunch of rude entitled dependent  More

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Beautiful place, well into the late 20th Century ... clean, safe, fun, peaceful. Started seeing elements of crap, just a tiny bit, back around 1980. Now what changed  More

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Reviews for Lake Placid    4 Reviews

So, I bought a house in Lake Placid about 7 months ago and so far I love it. Real Estate is very reasonable and plenty of properties to pick from. Seems like prices  More

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Your site states it is not a good time to buy a home in Lake Placid because home prices are down. Wouldn't that be the perfect time to  More

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Over 9 years ago

South Florida definitely has the best weather but that comes with a price. I'm retiring to the wide open spaces of Lake Placid. Cost of living is lower and home prices,  More

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