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Niagara Falls, NY vs Chicago, IL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Chicago has been positive.
- Chicago has 0.8% more unemployment than Niagara Falls.
- Chicago job growth has increased by 3.1% in the past 10 years.
 Niagara Falls, NYChicago, ILUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock9.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth20.4%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-9.4%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-6.2%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-8.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-11.1%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Niagara Falls    6 Reviews

Niagara Falls is a place where we are careful about saying ‘things are looking up’ because we’ve said that before and whatever big project promised falls through or just  More

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Over 16 years ago

Niagara Falls has very high crime and a steady increase in gang activity. Unemployment is very high, there is a lot of pollution and winters are too long. The falls  More

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Niagara Falls is plagued by contamination for radioactive waste and dumping, high crime high taxes and corrupt politicians. One would figure that a smaller town  More

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Reviews for Chicago    270 Reviews

I've lived in Chicago city and later moved to suburbs when family size increased. Absolutely love this city. This is the cleanest and most beautiful among the major  More

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Chicago is probably the best value in a major city that you can find and my personal favorite city. It will become increasingly important as climate change makes the  More

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I've live on north side and south side, UIC medical center. Don't move here go to the north side. No good amenities, if you get bored with one there is no other choices.  More

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