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New Orleans, LA vs Fairbanks, AK

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Fairbanks has been positive.
- Fairbanks has 3.8% more unemployment than New Orleans.
- Fairbanks job growth has increased by 8.0% in the past 10 years.

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 New Orleans, LAFairbanks, AKUnited States
 Current Unemployment11.0%7.2%6.0%
 Future Job Growth25.1%16.8%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-7.3%-3.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-5.9%-4.0%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-5.8%-6.2%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth7.2%-8.0%6.3%

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Reviews for New Orleans    87 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I have lived in NOLA for 6 years. Like all cities, you must take the good with the bad. It is more expensive than what you read about on the internet. The drivers are  More

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Over 2 years ago

I've lived here for going on 3 years. The person who lives with me wanted us to move here. It got old for me very soon after we moved here. Neither of us like it.   More

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Lived here 20 years, transplant from a dank Midwestern metropolis. For the first 15 years I was pretty much one of those rabid people foaming at the mouth whenever  More

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Reviews for Fairbanks    20 Reviews

I have lived in the Fairbanks area for about 25 years and have become very comfortable with the community and the lifestyle here. That said, retirement is fast  More

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Over 13 years ago

Comments about Fairbanks, both positive and negative, are of interest to me. Was in Fairbanks this past March [and north on Cleary Summit] and fell in love with the  More

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Over 14 years ago

I came to Alaska 15 years ago on an adventure and first lived in Juneau, which I LOVED and then moved to Eagle River, which I loved and now live in Fairbanks! I do not  More

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ZIPS IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
70119, 70122, 70118, 70131, 70115, 70126, 70117, 70127, 70114, 70124, 19 total
ZIPS IN FAIRBANKS, ALASKA
99701 99703

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