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Muscatine, IA vs Hickory, NC

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Hickory has been positive.
- Hickory has 0.3% more unemployment than Muscatine.
- Hickory job growth has increased by 4.6% in the past 10 years.
 Muscatine, IAHickory, NCUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth22.7%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-6.7%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock0.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-1.0%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Muscatine    3 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

We recently relocated here in October for my husbands work. This is a beautiful city located on the mississippi river. It boasts of state of the art playground equipment  More

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Over 15 years ago

This is the worst place that I have ever lived. There is nothing to do here except drugs. The schools are also terrible. I ended up sending my son to a private boarding  More

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Over 19 years ago

We live just outside of Muscatine,On a bluff looking over the Mississippi river. We have a great view of the river( never floods) and a house in our subdivision just  More

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Reviews for Hickory    8 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Hickory is has wonderful amenities such as the science museum, children's museum, aquarium, art museum, symphony orchestra, and great universities. Its not far from  More

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Over 3 years ago

Hickory is a nice place to live. There are great parks here. Glen Hilton is a beautiful park with lots of play structures and tall trees nice elevated walking path.  More

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Cons, No ethnic diversity"... How is that a "Con"? That means it has a rich traditional culture, where most people share a interest in the same  More

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