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New Orleans, LA vs Pensacola, FL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Pensacola has been positive.
- Pensacola has 6.7% more unemployment than New Orleans.
- Pensacola job growth has increased by 2.9% in the past 10 years.

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 New Orleans, LAPensacola, FLUnited States
 Current Unemployment11.0%4.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth25.1%42.0%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-7.3%-3.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-5.9%-1.4%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-5.8%0.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth7.2%2.9%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 Pensacola    72 Reviews

I grew up in Pcola and moved away after hurricane Ivan over a decade ago. I have recently moved back and was shocked to see the rate of decline it has endured over the  More

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I've lived here for almost 30 years and love it! Good size town but not a big city still plenty to do in downtown's really come alive in the last 10 years. Plus we have  More

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I came here to visit and never left! The American Planning Association named downtown Pensacola "Florida's Greatest Place" after a popular vote and Palafox Street was  More

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ZIPS IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
70119, 70122, 70118, 70131, 70115, 70126, 70117, 70127, 70114, 70124, 19 total
ZIPS IN PENSACOLA, FLORIDA
32503 32504 32501 32502

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