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Missoula, MT vs Rapid City, SD

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Rapid City has been positive.
- Rapid City has 1.3% more unemployment than Missoula.
- Rapid City job growth has increased by 8.6% in the past 10 years.
 Missoula, MTRapid City, SDUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock3.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth33.0%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-2.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth1.2%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock2.7%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth14.1%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Missoula    48 Reviews

I've lived here for 10 years and my view of the city has turned as we (barely) managed to buy a home, started a family, and the blight of homelessness has escalated out  More

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Over 5 years ago

I lived here for 6 years, and it never got any easier to live, I'm a Native American, these people her look down on us, I have been put in jail for sitting in a parking  More

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I have lived in Missoula on and off for the last 30 years, but consistently for the last 12. I met my wife and had my kids here. My father and my wife's entire family  More

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Reviews for Rapid City    31 Reviews

I have lived in this city for the last three and half years and I can't stand it!! Let me spell it out for you, but to be fair, let me give you the Pros first:  More

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Unless you made your pension out of state or already bought a home you can't afford to liver there. Rapid City is gray in winter.  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in the city 5 years a loved  More

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