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New Orleans, LA vs Iowa City, IA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Iowa City has been positive.
- Iowa City has 7.5% more unemployment than New Orleans.
- Iowa City job growth has increased by 1.6% in the past 10 years.

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 New Orleans, LAIowa City, IAUnited States
 Current Unemployment11.0%3.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth25.1%29.5%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-7.3%-6.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-5.9%-6.2%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-5.8%-5.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth7.2%1.6%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 Iowa City    24 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I was there 5 years. Nothing to do but we’ll go shopping... at Walmart. It lacks so many things. There is no experience here, it jumps on any political band wagon and  More

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Over 4 years ago

Entertainment lacks greatly - especially the Hancher shows. I was hoping after they rebuilt they would be getting better shows there, that didn't happen. One has to  More

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Over 6 years ago

Iowa City is great. It's diverse and never boring. There always a variety of new shops and restaurants to explore and try out. Also watching college kids do stupid  More

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ZIPS IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
70119, 70122, 70118, 70131, 70115, 70126, 70117, 70127, 70114, 70124, 19 total
ZIPS IN IOWA CITY, IOWA
52240 52245 52246 52242

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